This program has two tracks depending on which concentration a student chooses.
a. MS in Ecology and Sustainability with a concentration in Ecological Conservation.
b. MS in Ecology and Sustainability with a concentration in Ecological Economics.
Both concentrations require a total of 36-37 units of courses, including 17 units in core courses shared by both concentrations and 19-20 units in concentration courses. The concentration courses include 6 thesis or project units.
If a student wishes to complete both concentrations, he/she will have to do both sets of 19-20 concentration course units. The student will still only earn one MS degree.
Required Core Courses for students in both concentration, 17 units:
BIOL 5030 Ecosystem Services and Ecology 3 units
BIOL 5500 Quantitative Ecology and Methodology 4 units
BIOL 5010 Advanced Writing in Environmental Science 4 units
BIOL 5961 Graduate Seminar in
Ecology and Sustainability 3 units
(1
unit/semester; taken 3 separate semesters)
PADM 5310 Environmental Planning, Policy, and Law 3 units
NOTE: Prior to registering for Thesis or Project (BIOL/ECON 5990 or 5960), students must complete a Thesis or Project Proposal, obtain IRB (Institutional Research Board), Animal Welfare Committee, or any other outside necessary approval, and have the proposal approved by all committee members.
Concentration in Ecological Conservation, 19-20 concentration units.
a) Required Courses (10 units):
BIOL 5170 Restoration Ecology (4 units)
BIOL 5990 Thesis (6 units)
b) Elective Courses (9-10 units):
1) Choose one of the following tool courses, as approved by the student's committee (3-4 units):
GEOG 4750 Geographic Information Systems (3 units)
BIOL 4310 Histological and Cytological Techniques (4 units)
BIOL 4850 DNA Technology in Forensic Science (2 units)
BIOL 4870 Recombinant DNA (2 units)
BIOL 5980 Individual Study (as appropriate) (1-4 units)
2) Choose one of the following elective courses (3-4 units):
BIOL 4630 Marine Ecology (4 units)
BIOL 4700 Ecology and Invasive Species (3 units)
BIOL 4200 Ecological Agriculture (3 units)
BOTY 4600 Plant Ecology (4 units)
ECON 4640 Agriculture and Economics (3 units)
Any course taught at Moss Landing Marine Laboratories that is particularly appropriate to this program.
3) Choose one of the following (2-4 units):
BIOL 5940 Internship in Biology 2-4 units (max 4 units total)
BIOL 5941 Directed Field Research 2-4 units (max 4 units total)
Concentration in Ecological Economics, 20 concentration units:
a) Lecture courses (11 units):
ECON 4200 Intermediate Theory (3 units)
ECON 4560 Natural Resources and Environmental Economics (4 units)
ECON 5570 Ecological Economics (4 units)
b) Internship, choose one course (3 units):
BIOL 5940 Internship in Biology (3 units)
ECON 5940 Economics Internship (3 units)
c) Thesis, choose both 5990 OR both 5960 courses (6 units):
ECON 5990 Thesis (3 units)
BIOL 5990 Thesis (3 units)
ECON 5960 Graduate Project (3 units )
BIOL 5960 Project (3 units)