The graduate program in biology provides flexibility to students seeking advanced study in such areas as biology, botany, conservation biology, ecology, rangeland biology, systematics, wildlife biology, and zoology. Graduate curricula are not specifies as such, rather graduate programs are designed, and must be approved by the student's committee, according to the needs and career objectives of the individual student. Graduate programs are available both for those seeking a terminal M.S. degree and for those who may seek acceptance into a doctoral program at another university. Degree options and other details are covered in the Graduate Student Handbook, which is available from the office of the department chair.
All graduate programs designed for research professions or doctoral programs require a thesis.
Students wishing to pursue a thesis option require a major professor to supervise their thesis research.