It is also responsible for stimulating, establishing, and coordinating research and post-baccalaureate educational projects that cross traditional school boundaries. Each of the Ph.D. and M.S. degree programs is headed by a program director.
Some programs share faculty from several departments.
The nine Ph.D. and seven M.S. degree programs offered in the College of Graduate Studies open a variety of career paths for our graduates. Most of our Ph.D.'s are active in research in academic institutions and, increasingly, in biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies. Graduates of the basic science M.S. programs have been accepted to Ph.D., M.D., or other professional doctoral degree programs. The M.S. programs in nursing, occupational and physical therapy prepare graduates for rewarding positions in these health care disciplines. The College of Graduate Studies offers Ph.D. programs in biochemistry and molecular biology, developmental biology and teratology, cell and tissue engineering, genetics, immunology, microbiology and molecular virology, molecular pharmacology and structural biology, pathology and cell biology, and physiology.