Graduate Information

Graduate Programs

The Department of Biology offers graduate courses and research that lead to M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in the focal areas of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology (EEB), Forensic Biology (FB), Genetics & Genome Biology (GGB), or Neurobiology & Endocrinology (NE).
Philososphy

Our graduate programs are committed to:

  • Providing excellent coursework and training opportunities
  • Fostering critical and analytical thinking
  • Encouraging creativity
  • Instructing students on grantsmanship
  • Teaching rigorous design, execution and analysis of experiments
  • Honing students’ proficiency at writing for publication
  • Providing a learning atmosphere that is positive, friendly, fair, and importantly fun!