{"id":14,"date":"2019-02-21T16:42:45","date_gmt":"2019-02-21T16:42:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wcsu.wpengine.com\/biology-msbiodiversity\/?page_id=14"},"modified":"2024-09-11T19:35:05","modified_gmt":"2024-09-11T19:35:05","slug":"degreerequirements","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/biology-msbiodiversity\/degreerequirements\/","title":{"rendered":"Degree Requirements"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"256\" class=\"wp-image-752\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/biology-msbiodiversity\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/193\/2022\/07\/Blue-Bookshelf-Reading-Club-Google-Classroom-Header-1-1024x256.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/biology-msbiodiversity\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/193\/2022\/07\/Blue-Bookshelf-Reading-Club-Google-Classroom-Header-1-1024x256.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/biology-msbiodiversity\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/193\/2022\/07\/Blue-Bookshelf-Reading-Club-Google-Classroom-Header-1-300x75.png 300w, https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/biology-msbiodiversity\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/193\/2022\/07\/Blue-Bookshelf-Reading-Club-Google-Classroom-Header-1-768x192.png 768w, https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/biology-msbiodiversity\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/193\/2022\/07\/Blue-Bookshelf-Reading-Club-Google-Classroom-Header-1-1536x384.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/biology-msbiodiversity\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/193\/2022\/07\/Blue-Bookshelf-Reading-Club-Google-Classroom-Header-1.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\">The MS in Integrative Biological Diversity requires completion of a total of 30 credits in one of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">two options:<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li><strong>Option 1 (thesis):\u00a0<\/strong>21 credits of coursework, 3 credits of stewardship, 6 credits of thesis.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li><strong>Option 2 (non-thesis)<\/strong>:\u00a027 credits of coursework, and 3 credits of stewardship.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\">Students <strong>must also:<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>take courses from SCSU and WCSU\u00a0<em>and<\/em><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li><strong>present at a scientific conference<\/strong><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-regular\">\r\n<table class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color: #e7f5fe\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td><strong>Required courses (9\u00a0semester hours)<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>Stewardship Seminar (1 SH)<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>Applied Stewardship (2 SH)<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>Climate Change (SCSU\/BIO 559) (3 SH)<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>Technology Course (several options) (3 SH)<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td><strong>Elective course credit requirements (21 semester hours)<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>Thesis track electives (15 SH) plus Thesis research (6 SH)<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 &#8211; OR &#8211;\u00a0<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>Non-Thesis track electives (21 SH)<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The MS in Integrative Biological Diversity requires completion of a total of 30 credits in one of two options: Option 1 (thesis):\u00a021 credits of coursework, 3 credits of stewardship, 6 credits of thesis. Option 2 (non-thesis):\u00a027 credits of coursework, and &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":179,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-14","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/biology-msbiodiversity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/biology-msbiodiversity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/biology-msbiodiversity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/biology-msbiodiversity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/179"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/biology-msbiodiversity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/biology-msbiodiversity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/biology-msbiodiversity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}