{"id":454,"date":"2023-03-19T19:30:31","date_gmt":"2023-03-20T02:30:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/bisc\/?page_id=454"},"modified":"2025-06-20T15:03:40","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T22:03:40","slug":"masters-programs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/bisc\/graduate\/masters-programs\/","title":{"rendered":"Progressive Master&#8217;s Programs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n        \n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--stacking-cards \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--stacking-cards\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n            <div class=\"header-container\">\n            \n                                \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>Biological Sciences offers two different progressive Master&#8217;s degrees for students currently enrolled in any\u00a0 undergraduate program at USC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n    \n            <div class=\"cards-container\">\n            \n                <div class=\"card\">\n\n                    <div class=\"title-description\">\n\n                                                      \n<div class=\"f--field f--cta-title\">\n\n    \n  <h3>\n          MS in Marine and Environmental Biology\n      <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        \n                                                        \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>The Master of Science degree in Marine and Environmental Biology (MEB) is designed to provide admitted students with a rigorous, quantitative and focused introduction to the burgeoning fields and breadth of topics in marine environmental biology\/chemistry, geobiology, oceanography, conservation biology and population dynamics (depending upon the concentration selected).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/catalogue.usc.edu\/preview_program.php?catoid=16&amp;poid=20934&amp;returnto=6189\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Learn more &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        \n                    <\/div>\n\n\n                    \n                        \n                            \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img decoding=\"async\"\n                            src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/bisc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/151\/2023\/03\/graduate-masters-marine-768x432.jpg\"\n          srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/bisc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/151\/2023\/03\/graduate-masters-marine-1280x720.jpg 1280w,https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/bisc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/151\/2023\/03\/graduate-masters-marine-768x432.jpg 768w\"          sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 23vw, (min-width:768px) 39vw, 83vw\"\n        \n                  role=\"none\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n\n                    \n                <\/div>\n\n            \n                <div class=\"card\">\n\n                    <div class=\"title-description\">\n\n                                                      \n<div class=\"f--field f--cta-title\">\n\n    \n  <h3>\n          MS in Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry\n      <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        \n                                                        \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>The Department of Biological Sciences at USC offers a progressive Master of Science (MS) degree in Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry. 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