Requirements of the Program

1. Twelve hours of graduate credit in professional education core courses. EDU 6504 - Research — Methods and Procedures  and EDU 6535 - Curriculum Development  are required as part of the 12 hours. See School of Education  section in this catalog for electives.
2. Eighteen hours of graduate work in biological science. Biochemistry may count for biological science credit.
3. Candidates for the M.Ed. in Biology must either take an oral comprehensive examination based upon course work used to satisfy degree requirements or successfully complete BIO 6430  - Graduate Seminar.  If judged unsatisfactory, all or part of the written and/or oral examination may be taken once in the following semester or summer term.

Note: The Mississippi Department of Education will not issue the Class AA Standard Educator License unless the applicant holds a Class A Standard Educator License.

Gulf Coast Research Laboratory

Mississippi College is one of thirty senior colleges and universities affiliated with the University of Southern Mississippi, Institute of Marine Sciences, Gulf Coast Research Laboratory (GCRL) located at Ocean Springs, Mississippi. Mississippi College students participating in the Master of Combined Sciences or Master of Education in Sciences programs may elect to take a maximum of twelve semester hours of biological sciences selected from the courses listed below or other approved courses. Each of these is offered only during the summer program at the laboratory. Many courses at GCRL are offered only in the summer. For more information, see the chair of the Department of Biological Sciences.

• BIO 5472 - Coastal Vegetation Credits,: 5 sem. hrs.
• BIO 5473 - Salt Marsh Plant Ecology Credits,: 4 sem. hrs.
• BIO 5474 - Aquarium Management Credits,: 3-6 sem. hrs.
• BIO 5475 - Comparative Histology of Marine Fishes Credits,: 6 sem. hrs.
• BIO 5476 - Marine Ichthyology Credits,: 6 sem. hrs.
• BIO 5477 - Marine Mammals Credits,: 5 sem. hrs.
• BIO 5478 - Marine Phycology Credits,: 4 sem. hrs.
• BIO 5481 - Marine Invertebrate Zoology Credits,: 5 sem. hrs.
• BIO 5482 - Fauna and Faunistic Ecology of Tidal Marshes Seagrasses and Sandy Beaches Credits,: 5 sem. hrs.
• BIO 5485 - Marine Vertebrate Zoology Credits,: 5 sem. hrs.
• BIO 5486 - Early Life History of Marine Fishes Credits,: 4 sem. hrs.
• BIO 5487 - Marine Ecology Credits,: 5 sem. hrs.
• BIO 5489 - Parasites of Marine Animals Credits,: 6 sem. hrs.
• BIO 5495 - Marine Microbiology Credits,: 5 sem. hrs.
• BIO 5496 - Special Problems in Marine Science Credits,: 1-6 sem. hrs.
• BIO 6524 - Coastal Ecology for Teachers Credits,: 5 sem. hrs.
• BIO 6525 - Marine Sciences for Teachers Credits,: 3 sem. hrs.
• BIO 6528 - Marine Science for Elementary Teachers Credits,: 3 sem. hrs.