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The M.S. in Biology program at Winthrop University offers students broad training
in biology. Students may concentrate in areas ranging from conservation biology and
behavioral ecology to biomedical research in cancer, molecular biology and bioinformatics.
Students work closely with graduate faculty advisors who hold Ph.D.s in their areas
of specialization and are active researchers. Graduate courses are small (12 students
or fewer) allowing for maximum interactions between students and their professors.
Our graduate faculty members enjoy teaching and mentoring graduate students and many
have won awards for their teaching and scholarship.
Graduate Program Director:
Dr. Kristi Westover
westoverk@winthrop.edu
803/323-2111 ext. 6180
View Department of Biology Webpage
At the time of admission thesis students are paired with a faculty advisor with whom they work to identify a thesis research project. Students take a foundational course in their first semester, which prepares them to develop and carry out research. Our program typically has about 20 students with individual faculty members supervising one to two students at a time. This allows faculty to work closely with students to help them select courses and develop projects which best fit their interests and career goals. The thesis option provides students with excellent preparation to continue their training in Ph.D. programs or professional schools which emphasize research and for careers at research institutions.
Most thesis students complete the program in two to two-and-a-half years.
The nonthesis option emphasizes breadth of training, with students taking advanced coursework across the full range of biology subfields. Most nonthesis students carry out a one-semester project with a faculty member to gain research experience. Nonthesis students leave the program well-prepared to continue on to professional schools, to enter biologically-oriented professions in research or government, or community college-level teaching.
The nonthesis option is designed to allow students to complete the program in two years.
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M.S. in Biology graduates go on to careers in a wide variety of biology-related fields
or continue their training in doctoral and professional degree programs. Here are
some directions our students have gone in:
Ph.D. Programs:
Our M.S. graduates have gone on to doctoral programs all over the country, including:
Professional Programs:
Our graduates have gone on to programs in medicine, veterinary medicine and pharmacy.
Careers:
Our graduates have found jobs in:
