The Department has three graduate programs:

• Ph.D. in Biology. Our PhD program centers on students developing a dissertation project that explores fundamental questions in biology. Some projects are encouraged that are multidisciplinary in nature.

• The M.S. in Biology. The M.S. program has two tracks: Masters with a thesis (including a proposal and oral defenses of original thesis), or Masters without thesis.

• A B.S./M.S. in Biology. The joint B.S/M.S. program allows students to concurrently work on their B.S. and M.S. in Biology degrees through a five-year program.