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

Ainsley Skinner.
Ainsley Skinner '25
Biology

Ainsley Skinner is capping her biology degree with a faculty-led trip to the Galápagos Islands, where she’ll walk in the footsteps of Charles Darwin.

I’m grateful for everything I’ve learned and experienced here.
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Shakira Fedna sorts pills
Shakira Fedna '23
Biology

Shakira Fedna came to UMass Lowell because of the River Hawk Scholars Academy, a support program for first-generation college students.

Everybody you come into contact with in the RHSA wants to see you succeed.
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Arya Tetali using a microscope in a UMass Lowell biology lab
Arya Tetali '23
Biology

Arya Tetali is gaining research experience that will help her advance toward her career goal of developing drugs for the pharmaceutical industry.

It’s wonderful to get research experience on something that I’m very passionate about.
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Sunilda Frias writes in a notebook at a table outside the library on North Campus
Sunilda Frias '21
Biology

Honors College Student Fellow Sunilda Frias is studying biology to help subsistence farmers improve their soil.

I like UMass Lowell because of the diversity. You can get out of your comfort zone ... but still feel like you’re at home.
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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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