生物科学系提供具有开创性的研究成果，从而获得了生物科学哲学博士学位。研究领域包括细胞生物学，发育，修复生态学，一般生态学，进化，遗传学，分子生物学，生物化学，神经生物学和植物生物学。合格的博士生可享受神经科学的跨学科集中课程。
We are a life sciences department that aspires to excellence in research at all levels of biological organizationfrom molecules and cells to organisms and ecosystems. We leverage our diverse backgrounds and expertise to educate and mentor undergraduates, graduate students, and postdoctoral fellows through immersive research experiences in the laboratory. Our goal is to help today's trainees become tomorrow's leaders in research, health and medicine, education, and government.<br><br>The graduate program in the Department of Biological Sciences is designed to prepare students for careers in research and teaching. Critical thinking skills and technical expertise are achieved primarily through dissertation research beginning with a firm foundation of course work and seminars.<br><br>Since the field of biology is broad, ranging from molecules and cells to organisms and ecosystems, the research interests of the faculty in the Department of Biological Sciences and the course offerings within the department are extremely diverse. Flexibility is the key, allowing students to pursue individual interests and complete the requirements for graduation by taking specialized courses in the Department of Biological Sciences or other departments either in the Medical School or the College of Arts and Sciences. In addition, the Department of Biological Sciences offers training in teaching, since graduate students serve as teaching assistants for one or more semesters in the course of their graduate training.