East Tennessee State University
1276 Gilbreath Dr, Johnson City, TN 37614, United States

Located near the mountains of upper east Tennessee, ETSU is an accredited public 4-year university home to almost 15,000 students. ETSU offers over 100 undergraduate and graduate academic programs in subjects such as the sciences, business, health sciences, the arts, and technology, including highly ranked programs in Computing, Public Health, Nursing, and MBA, among others. ETSU is large enough to offer all the opportunities you can imagine, but small enough to provide personal attention.

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Biology is a vast and exciting field that connects to every aspect of nature and human well-being. The goal of our graduate program is to prepare students to be robust contributors to science and society by building literacy in biology and by conducting integrative and innovative research that informs and inspires the community at large.

The Department of Biological Sciences at ETSU offers diverse opportunities for graduate training. Research fields in our program include genomics, evolutionary biology, community ecology, chemical ecology, biochemistry, behavioral ecology, bioinformatics, synthetic biology, developmental biology, forest ecology, biomedical sciences, among other exciting fields.  

Our Master’s program is divided in three main concentrations, biology, biomedical sciences and microbiology. You will join a collaborative environment with a group of productive and engaged faculty that use novel and diverse methodologies and state of the art equipment in the lab and in the field. You will also join a diverse and enthusiastic group of graduate students and will have the opportunity to enhance your professional skills by participating in research seminars, graduate workshops, teaching, and social events. Our program offers full financial support to students. 

Biology, M.S. Degree Requirements: 30 credits

 

Requirements

Transcripts - Unofficial transcripts may be submitted with your application. Official transcripts will be required upon acceptance to a Graduate program.

Recommendations - 2 recommendations to be submitted through the online application

GPA - 3.0 GPA (on a 4.0 scale) in mathematics and science courses

Personal Statement - A statement about why you wish to pursue this degree.

Additional Requirements

Undergraduate major in the life or physical sciences

A course in Calculus and/or a course in Probability and Statistics is recommended

Supporting courses in

General Chemistry

One year of Organic Chemistry (Microbiology concentration will accept one semester of Organic Chemistry and one semester of Biochemistry)

One year of Physics

Fall - May 1

Spring - October 1

https://www.etsu.edu/gradschool/masters-degrees.php

Click Here for Graduate Application

Application Procedures - Graduate Applicants

Start the application online using the link provided above.

Application Coding: In the online application, students must tag the application to Indo Global Studies.

1) In the ‘Current ETSU Student Information’ tab, are you a client of an agent that has contracted with ETSU to recruit students? Students must answer 'Yes' to the question "

2) Please select the agent you are working with”, select Indo Global Studies from the dropdown.

3) Students MUST add the code “IGSG1” to their applications to ensure the application is coded for Indo Global Studies.

Note - Please share tagging proof, student details and documents to admissions@indoglobalstudies.org  after submitting the application.

 

Here for Undergraduate Application

Application Procedures - Undergraduate Applicants

Start the application online using the link provided above.

Application Coding: In the online application, students must tag the application to Indo Global Studies.

1) In the ‘ETSU International Partner Information tab,

 If you are applying through an international agency partner, please input their ETSU code here.
Student must add code “IGS1” to their applications to ensure the application is coded for Indo Global Studies.

2) How did you first learn about East Tennessee State University?

Select “others” from the dropdown

3) Please describe how you first learned about ETSU?

Type - Indo Global Studies

Note - Please share tagging proof, student details and documents to admissions@indoglobalstudies.org  after submitting the application.