Master's Programs

C. Options
Three options are available, each requiring at least 36 graduate hours at UTSA: (year + summer)

1. 1 + 2 - Twelve hours in the fall and spring semester and six hours each of two summers.

2.  2 + 2 - Six hours in the fall and spring semester for two years and six hours each of two summers.

3.  3 + 3 - Three hours in the fall and spring semester for three years and six hours each of three summers.

D. Classes
Suggested* - 30 hrs
BIO 5013-Survey of Env. Sci
BIO 5243-Adv. Plant Ecol.
BIO 6133-Meth. In Field Ecol.
BIO 6213-Adv. Ecology
BIO 6953-Independent Study
BIO 6983-Master's Thesis
EES 5023-Env. Stat.
EES 5233-Exp. Design & Anal.
TOTAL

Hrs
3
3
3
3
6
6
3
3
30

Optional* - 6 hrs
BIO 5063 Env. Micro.
BIO 5263-Microbial Ecol.
BIO 6113-Adv. Plant Phys.
BIO 6483-Animal Behavior
BIO 7041-Life Sci. Colloquium
BIO 7051-Seminar in Life Sci.
EES 5033-GIS
EES 5493-Water Pollution Control
EES 6033-Multivariate Anal.
TOTAL
GRAND TOTAL

3
3
3
3
1-4
1-3
3
3
3
6
36

*Other classes may be taken or suggested as determined by the student's graduate committee.

E. Costs

Approximate costs for 6 semester hours:

Tuition
Student Serv.
Autom. Serv.
Athletics
Univ. Center
Med. Serv.
Other
Total

Resident
$794
81
132
42
26
21
133
$1229

Non-
Resident
$2450
81
132
42
26
21
133
$2885* 

* Some additional fees may apply.

F. Financial Assistance

Several scholarships are usually available as well as half-time teaching assistantships in ecology, genetics or general biology. Teaching assistantships pay approx. $10,300 for nine months (2 semesters and 20 hr. /week). Non-residents, who are teaching assistants or students on some scholarships, pay resident tuition and fees.

G. Requirements

• Interest in plants and animals.

• B.S. degree in Biology or similar area with courses in general biology, genetics, physiology, biochemistry and ecology.

• One and one-half years of chemistry, one year of physics and calculus or statistics.

• Grade point average of 3.0 or better.

• GRE Scores submitted.

• Two letters of recommendation.

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