The Department of Biological Sciences offers the following undergraduate and graduate degree programs.

Undergraduate Programs

Descriptions of undergraduate-level courses.

Graduate Programs

Descriptions of graduate-level courses.

Meet Our Faculty & Students

Ralph St. Louis in front of his classroom
Ralph Saint-Louis ’18, ’20
Biology and UTeach

Ralph Saint-Louis ’18, ’20 was recognized by Time Magazine as one of its 2022 Innovative Teachers.

I always knew that I wanted to teach.
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Annie Cary canoes in a lake surrounded by mountains while wearing a life jacket and holding a paddle.
Annie Cary '25
Biological Sciences

Annie Cary found herself wading through lakes in search of stickleback fish as part of her immunology research.

It’s great that you can get funding for (research) opportunities like this.
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Alex Eden teaches biology to a group of students in his classroom at Greater Lowell Technical High School
Alexander Eden '18, '21
Biology

UTeach graduate Alexander Eden won the Exemplary New Teacher Award for science education in his first year of teaching.

I want to teach high school students, because I think I can help them and serve as a role model.
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Thomas B. Shea
Biological Science

Tom Shea is the director of the Center for Cellular Neurobiology and Neurodegeneration Research. His research looks at ways to prevent or slow down brain diseases such as Alzheimer's and ALS.

You can have the best research facilities in the world and still might be missing the essential element to the university experience—the interaction between faculty and students.
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Caryn McCowan at the beach.
Caryn McCowan '11
Biology

An interest in genomics took Caryn McCowan ’11 from researching spiders to working at a canine genetics company.

Everything that I’ve worked on has turned out to be steppingstones for the role I’m in now.
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