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Project Dragonfly

Join a community of people working to ignite ecological and social change. Through innovative courses and fully accredited master's degree programs, Project Dragonfly combines the flexibility of online courses and conservation action in your home community with unparalleled experiential learning and field study in the U.S. and across the world.

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Welcome to Project Dragonfly!

As part of the Department of Biology, Project Dragonfly offers online/hybrid graduate programs and courses designed for working professionals living across the United States and abroad. Through these programs, students forge connections with leading U.S. zoos and botanical gardens and with conservation partners around the globe while earning either a Master of Arts in Biology or a Master of Arts in Teaching in the Biological Sciences.

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Owl monkey (Aotus spp.), Brazil

Advanced Inquiry Program

The Advanced Inquiry Program (AIP) is an accredited a master’s degree program that fosters professional leadership, participatory education, sustainability, and conservation in the U.S. AIP students combine online courses from Miami University with extraordinary learning experiences and field study at premier zoos and botanical gardens in select communities across the nation.

Two Maasai women teach GFP student Dakota Bahlau how to sanitize a gourd over a campfire. Earth Expeditions: Kenya

Global Field Program

The Global Field Program (GFP) is a master’s degree program that enables students to build on Earth Expeditions courses to grow as leaders in inquiry-driven education, community-engaged learning, ecological sustainability, environmental stewardship, and global understanding. The GFP combines online classes with courses that bring students, scientists, educators, community leaders, and others together at global conservation hotspots.

Young male lion, Earth Expeditions: Kenya

Earth Expeditions

Earth Expeditions are stand-alone education and conservation-focused graduate courses in which students travel the globe to join world-class conservation and community projects in Africa, Asia, Australia, and the Americas. Our mission is to build an alliance of individuals with first-hand knowledge of inquiry-driven, community-based learning for the benefit of ecological communities and global understanding.

Master of Arts in Biology (M.A.) Learning Outcomes

Students earning the M.A. will:

  1. Creatively and effectively engage community beyond a one-way transmission of information to address important socio-ecological issues;
  2. Thoughtfully address topics and promotes discussions through responses that are reflective and analytical;
  3. Demonstrate in-depth understanding of historical and current state-of-science for topic and effectively communicates this topic to a chosen audience;
  4. Use a variety of creative approaches to spark meaningful conversation, address disparate views, and introduce relevant additional resources;
  5. Engage diverse communities in science and conservation (leadership challenge);
  6. Produce new knowledge (exhibit and reflect on a comprehensive collection of academic work, including a solid synthesis and conclusive statement, useful indicators and metrics to assess their work, and critical reflection).
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The Master of Arts in Biology (M.A.) is a part-time, non-thesis master’s program designed for working professionals from diverse backgrounds, including formal and informal educators. The program is cooperatively offered by Project Dragonfly and the Department of Biology. The M.A. has two main programs: the Advanced Inquiry Program (AIP) and the Global Field Program (GFP). The master’s is designed to be completed in 2.5 years.

Master of Arts in Teaching in the Biological Sciences (M.A.T.) Learning Outcomes

Students earning the M.A.T. will:

  1. Creatively and effectively engage community beyond a one-way transmission of information to address important socio-ecological issues;
  2. Thoughtfully address topics and promotes discussions through responses that are reflective and analytical;
  3. Demonstrate in-depth understanding of historical and current state-of-science for topic and effectively communicates this topic to a chosen audience;
  4. Use a variety of creative approaches to spark meaningful conversation, address disparate views, and introduce relevant additional resources;
  5. Engage diverse communities in science and conservation (leadership challenge);
  6. Produce new knowledge (exhibit and reflect on a comprehensive collection of academic work, including a solid synthesis and conclusive statement, useful indicators and metrics to assess their work, and critical reflection).
Learn More and Apply
The Master of Arts in Teaching in the Biological Sciences (M.A.T.) is a part-time, non-thesis master’s program designed for working professionals from diverse backgrounds, including formal and informal educators. The program is cooperatively offered by Project Dragonfly and the Department of Biology. The M.A.T. has two main programs: the Advanced Inquiry Program (AIP) and the Global Field Program (GFP). The master’s is designed to be completed in 2.5 years.

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