Professional Science Master (PSM) and Master in Teaching Degrees (MAT).

Professional Science Master Program in Bioinformatics (Non-Research Based)

The Professional Science Master Program in Bioinformatics is a non-research based program. Graduates from this program will be prepared to serve industries involved in drug design, genetic disease testing, and agricultural biotechnology where skills are needed in computational and statistical methods specific to the analysis of biological databases. Students will also be exposed to management, intellectual property, and public relations issues in science based business and will be prepared to start or to serve biotech companies at the forefront of the national and global biotech scene. Contact Dr. Austin Hughes, the Director of this program, at austin@biol.sc.edu To apply for the Bioinformatics program, follow instructions on the Application and Admission web page.

Professional Science Master Program in Biotechnology (Non-Research Based)

The Professional Science Master Program in Biotechnology is a non-research based program. Graduates from this program will be prepared to start or to serve biotech companies at the forefront of the national and global biotech scene. Students will learn the advanced application of molecular biology techniques, transgenic plant technologies, and cell/tissue culturing and will be exposed to management, intellectual property, and public relations issues in tech based business. Contact Dr. Lazlo Marton, the Director of this program, at marton@biol.sc.edu To apply for the Biotechnology program, follow instructions on the Application and Admission.web page.

Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) (Non-Research Based)

This program is administered through the Dept. of Instruction and Teacher Education in the College of Education, and is coordinated with specific disciplines through Department contacts. Dr. Bert Ely is the Program Area Advisor for the M.A.T. Biology program. Dr. Ely can be contacted at 803-777 -2768, or via email at ely@biol.sc.edu. The M.A.T. degree program is an interdisciplinary program and students in the program have two advisors - a program area advisor and an education advisor. Dr. Ely and Dr. Christine Lotter, the College of Education faculty advisor for M.A.T. biology students will review your file, conduct an interview, and then forward their recommendation to the graduate school. You may reach Dr. Lotter at 803/777-6593 or lotter@mailbox.sc.edu. Additional information can be found at http://artsandsciences.sc.edu/cse/home.php