Accelerated Biology - Computational Biology (BS)/Biology (MS)

Location(s): Manhattan Campus

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The accelerated Accelerated Biology - Computational Biology (BS)/Biology (MS) will provide high-performing undergraduates the opportunity to pursue an accelerated MS/Master of Science in Biology degree with early admission to the graduate program as well as the ability to count nine credit hours of coursework in their graduate program toward their undergraduate degree.

Admission Requirements

Undergraduate students applying for the accelerated program are required to have completed a minimum of 75 credit hours towards their bachelor degree. The following requirements must be met for admission into the accelerated program:

The student must be seeking the bachelor’s degree.
The student must have completed a minimum of 75 credit hours toward the bachelor degree at the time of application for admission to the accelerated program.
The student’s cumulative undergraduate GPA must be at least 3.000.
The student must meet all other Graduate School admission criteria as outlined in the Graduate School Handbook and any graduate program specific requirements.
A student who has completed all coursework for the bachelor’s degree is not eligible for the accelerated program.

Program Specific Admission Requirements

To enter this program a student must be nominated by a Biology graduate faculty member who also will serve as the student’s major professor. The nomination can take place any time from the second semester of the sophomore year through the second semester of the junior year when he/she has accumulated 75 credit hours toward the Bachelor degree. By the time of nomination, students must have completed at least one course from each of the following two blocks: Block 1 – [BIOL 221, BIOL 255], Block 2 – [BIOL 398, BIOL 520, BIOL 529], his/her math requirement, and at least two semesters of chemistry. A student may be nominated during the senior year with special permission from the chair of the Biology Graduate Affairs Committee

Course Requirements

Biology (MS)

Overlapping Courses

Students may select up to 9 credits from the list of courses below to satisfy the requirements for both their undergraduate and graduate degrees. These courses should be listed at the 600-700 level.

BIOL 675 - Genetics of Microorganisms Credits: 3
BIOL 687 - Microbial Ecology Credits: 3
BIOL 705 - Eukaryotic Genetics Credits: 3
BIOL 707 - Advanced Cell Biology Credits: 3
BIOL 734 - Introduction to Genomics and Bioinformatics Credits: 4

Graduation Requirements

After completion of all undergraduate program requirements, including the up to nine (9) overlapping graduate credit hours that are counted toward the bachelor’s degree, the student must apply to be awarded the bachelor’s degree.
After receiving the bachelor degree, the student is eligible to be fully admitted into the master program portion of the accelerated bachelor-master program.
To complete the second part of the accelerated program, the student must complete all master program requirements with a graduate cumulative GPA of at least 3.000.

Kansas State University

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