The Department of Biological Sciences offers the following undergraduate and graduate degree programs.
Undergraduate Programs
Descriptions of undergraduate-level courses.
Graduate Programs
- Master of Science (M.S.) in Biological Sciences
- General Option
- Bioinformatics Option
- Biotechnology Option
- Education, Communication and Outreach Option
- Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Applied Biology
- Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Biochemistry (in collaboration with the Department of Chemistry)
- Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Biomedical Engineering and Biotechnology (joint program through the Boston, Dartmouth, Lowell and Worcester campuses of the University of Massachusetts)
- Graduate Certificates
- Biotechnology and Bioprocessing
- Environmental Biotechnology
- Molecular and Cellular Biotechnology
- Pathogen Diagnostics (in collaboration with the Chemistry Department)
Descriptions of graduate-level courses.




