Flexible degree requirements lead to careers in the biology and health fields or graduate school.

The Department of offers B.S., B.A., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees along with an interdisciplinary option in biogeosciences.

Research opportunities allow undergraduate and graduate students to work directly with professors in laboratories as well as ecological field sites such as the Tall Grass Prairie Preserve, the Oklahoma Cross Timbers and the Ozark Mountains. Students are encouraged to participate in the local chapters of the Beta Beta Beta biology honor society and Alpha Epsilon Delta pre-med honor society and are often invited to present research at nationwide conferences.