• Graduate research is generally in one of three areas: cell, molecular and developmental biology; systematics and evolution; or ecology. The department is involved in special graduate programs, taking advantage of other researchers, faculty and facilities at GW and elsewhere in the Washington area. These include the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History.
  • The M.S. program has a thesis or non-thesis option, allowing students to pursue laboratory or classwork-only research in one of the three areas described above.
  • Each masters degree program includes course work and may include a thesis, and is designed by the student in consultation with a departmental adviser.
  • The Biological Sciences program is offered at George Washington University.