Degree Requirements
Required courses
All students are required to take the following four courses. A minimum 3.00 GPA must be maintained. A total of 30 credits must be taken, with a maximum of 6 thesis credits.
BIO 603 Scientific Communications I
BIO 604 Scientific Communications II
BIO 605 Biostatistics
ESC 605 The Biosphere and our Species
Following the paradigm of the Ph.D. Program in Biology, we offer training in two of the four subprograms offered at the CUNY Graduate Student. The following subprograms and courses are:
Ecology, Evolution and Behavioral Biology
BIO 720 Entomology
BIO 721 Evolution of Primates
BIO 722 Marine Ecology
BIO 723 Ornithology
BIO 724 Plant Population Ecology
BIO 730 Principles and Methods of Systematics, Evolution and Phylogeny
BIO 735 Biogeography
BIO 736 The Mammals
Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology
BIO 740 Advanced Microscopy
BIO 741 Cell Culture Techniques
BIO 742 Cell Physiology
BIO 743 Cellular Toxicology
BIO 744 Laboratory Methods in Cell Biology
BIO 750 Laboratory Methods in Molecular Genetics
BIO 751 Molecular Genetics
Physiology (No longer a physiology subprogram in the Ph.D. program in Biology at the Graduate Center)
BIO 780 Comparative Physiology
BIO 781 Laboratory Methods in Physiology
BIO 782 Vertebrate Endocrinology
BIO 783 Environmental and Evolutionary Physiology
Interdisciplinary
BIO 760 Introduction to Bioinformatics and Genomics
BIO 761 Mathematical Methods in Biology
BIO 771 Principles of Epidemiology
BIO 891—4 Independent Study
BIO 799 Thesis
Additional courses may be taken in the Environmental Science or Neuroscience M.S. programs, at any other CUNY MS program, or approved doctoral level courses at the CUNY graduate center.