Master of Science: Biological Sciences
(Thesis)
This program is designed for students who wish to increase their understanding of the life sciences,
gain
proficiency in teaching and/or research, or plan to continue
study toward the Ph.D. degree. The program provides lecture,
laboratory, and seminar courses along with learning experiences
in research and assisting undergraduate laboratories. Students
develop a concentration of studies in consultation with their
academic advisor. M.S. students are required to complete a minimum
of 52 quarter hours of credit, up to 16 of which may include
research credits. They are also expected to take at least 8
quarter hours of courses in each of the three core areas of
study that include: 1) Ecology,
Evolution, and Population Biology; 2) Genetics
Cell and Molecular Biology; and 3) Physiology
and Neurobiology.
Master of Arts: Biological Sciences
(Non Thesis)
This program is designed for students who wish to increase their understanding of the life sciences and gain increased proficiency
in teaching. This program is not intended for students pursuing
technical and/or laboratory research related careers, or planning
to continue study towards the Ph.D. degree. Students that select
the M.A. option are required to complete a minimum of 50 quarter
hours of credit with 12 quarter hours of study in each of the
three core areas previosuly mentioned for the M.S. program.
Admission Requirements (M.S.
or M.A.)
* Bachelors degree with a major in biological sciences or its
equivalent
* Grade point average of at least 2.7 on a scale of 4
* Chemistry: minimum 2 academic years, including one year of
organic
* General Physics: 1 year
* Calculus: 1 year
* Working knowledge of computers and statistics
* Prerequisite course work completed by the end of the first
year of graduate study
* Academic transcript
* Graduate Record Examination (GRE) scores
* 3 letters of recommendation from science professors, preferably
biology
Graduate Student Forms
Links to College forms for current graduate students, including thesis submission and commencement planning requirements, can be found here.
Contact Information
Requests
for DePaul University graduate application forms should be made
to the Graduate Information Office, DePaul University, 1 East
Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois, 60604, USA. Call 312-362-8300
or toll-free 1-800-4DEPAUL (outside Illinois). Graduate applications
can also be submitted
online.
For more information about the Biology graduate program contact
the Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Biological Sciences,
DePaul University, 2325 North Clifton Avenue, Chicago, Illinois,
60614. Call (773) 325-7595 or reach us by e-mail at msillike@depaul.edu
