The Department of Biological Sciences offers study leading to the B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees. Programs within the department encompass levels of biological organization from molecular to the ecosystem, with emphases on the integration of different levels. Students are encouraged to draw upon academic offering of other departments in the sciences, as well as departments in the Colleges of Medicine, Engineering, Design, Architecture, and Planning, and Law. The department takes great pride in the research and instructional quality of its faculty and graduate students.
Faculty actively partner with students on advising, research, and mentoring.
Individualized programs of study are offered in both the graduate and undergraduate curricula. The department currently enrolls about 400 undergraduate majors and 60 graduate students. More than 100 students are enrolled in the interdisciplinary Environmental Studies Program, housed in the department. The Biology Program Biology includes the study of life and life processes. Whether studying the molecular, cellular, organismal, population, or ecosystem level of biological organization, a student can acquire an appreciation of the fundamentals of life itself.