Program Description

The Department of Biology offers one graduate program leading to the Master of Science degree in Biology. Our graduate students in the program specialize in areas of interest such as cell biology, ecology, evolutionary biology, genetics, marine biology, microbiology, molecular biology, physiology, and systematics and organismal biology. The program is research oriented and requires the completion of a thesis along with required coursework. Students select from over eighty courses to complete the 31 units of coursework required for the program.  More than a third of the coursework (12 units) can be earned for thesis research.  The rest of the courses are composed of lectures, lab courses, field courses, seminars and colloquia.

Admission Requirements

• Demonstrated suitability for the Biology Graduate Program, supported by one or more of the following:
  • An undergraduate degree in a biological science with a GPA≥3.0 in undergraduate Biology courses intended for majors, or
  • A GPA≥3.0 in coursework comparable to that intended for upper division Biology majors (e.g. Genetics, Evolutionary Biology and Cell Biology)
• Although the General Graduate Record Examination is not required, students who believe that their GRE scores will help their application are free to submit them. International students who have been admitted from countries with grading systems different than ours have often benefited from submission of General GRE scores.

IELTS Requirements

Listening	Reading	Writing	Speaking	Overall
6	6	6	6	6.5

Remarks:

• Score reporting required.
• Department application form also need to be submitted