The Department offers programs leading to both Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy degrees in Biological Sciences. Master of Science degrees are available in Biology and Environmental and Conservation Sciences.

Student research and academic programs are tailored to individual needs and interests. Interdisciplinary approaches to biological problems are encouraged. The department offers access to a range of equipment and facilities necessary for laboratory research, including greenhouses, animal rooms, growth chambers, tissue culture facilities, ultracentrifuges, spectrophotometers, electrophoresis, light microscopes, gas chromatography, GC-mass spectrometry, and high performance liquid chromatography. Facilities are available for protein and DNA sequencing, oligonucleotide synthesis, interactive laser cytometry, scanning transmission and electron microscopy, and confocal microscopy.