Educational Objectives

The Master of Science in Biology - Biological Sciences track is designed to provide a wide exposure to a number of advanced biological techniques, knowledge, and concepts, including, in part, those related to animal and plant biotechnology, microbiology, parasitology, cell biology, molecular biology, and environment. Students graduating from this program will be in a strong position to enter PhD programs and professional schools, pursue private or governmental technological, health, and science management careers or teach at a community college. The Master of Science in Biology - Biology Education track is designed for those individuals who have previously obtained a public school science teaching license in North Carolina (or its equivalent) and desire to further their education and skills in the area of public school instruction. One culmination of this program is the development of an approved action research project that encompasses data collected in a public school classroom and provides information toward improving public school instruction.