Facilities and Resources Available

The Master of Science in Biology program conducts coursework and research in the Jenkins Science Center and Pharmacy Building on the ECSU campus. These two areas represent nearly 100,000 square feet devoted to classrooms, teaching laboratories, specialized research areas, instrumentation and equipment rooms, a planetarium, and graduate student, faculty and administrative offices. Additionally, there is a dedicated graduate program computer laboratory in the building where graduate students have access to thesis and action research project preparation resources. The faculty members in the Department of Natural Sciences, Pharmacy and Health Professions, specialize in diverse biology, chemistry and physics areas, allowing opportunity for interdisciplinary collaboration and research for students in the Biological Sciences track.

The Department collaborates closely with members of the ECSU Department of Education, Psychology and Health for those in the Biology Education track, and offers a host of projects that are critical to today's educational needs. Research faculty in the Graduate Program are engaged in a wide diversity of projects that are ideal for graduate-level involvement, including animal and plant biotechnology, cell transformation and physiology, parasitology, environmental microbiology, restoration ecology, and cancer biology. Graduate faculty members also understand issues concerning public school instruction in the 21st Century.