生物学是一门瞬息万变的科学，它融合了分子和细胞生物学，行为和分子生态学，发育生物学，有机，生态和进化遗传学，微生物学，航空生物学，分子系统学和神经科学。灵活的学位要求导致了在生物学，健康领域以及专业或研究生院的职业。学生直接与指定研究领域的教职员工合作，并与主管教授协商后计划课程计划和总体研究目标。我们为这些研究生做好教育，工业和政府职业或继续研究生学习的准备。研究生可以获得广泛的研究机会，包括生物信息学，细胞和分子生物学，发育生物学，生态学，遗传学，微生物学，分子系统学，神经科学，病毒学和其他领域的基础
Whether you're working toward a career in academics, teaching or seeking specialized expertise to advance your career, our Biology master's degree program offers a range of advantages to support your success. You'll be in a 42 million science facility with state-of-the-art research labs and computing technology while working closely with faculty and other students. UNC sits at the junction of the Great Plains and the Rocky Mountains, offering you a remarkably diverse set of opportunities for field research in biology. If you ask our students and faculty, they'll tell you that UNC's people really set our Biology master's program apart. You'll build strong, supportive relationships with faculty who are teachers, mentors and colleagues. They'll offer you academic and professional guidance to help you get the most out of the Biology master's program. With exceptional faculty, an outstanding setting and thesis and non-thesis options, UNC enables you to personalize your M.S. in Biological Sciences and achieve your goals.<br><br>The non-thesis option incorporates maximum flexibility, so you can focus on the specific subject-matter expertise that supports your professional development. This program is a good fit for biology or science teachers who seek to deepen their content knowledge, and its appropriate for anyone in a biomedical career path seeking to advance their knowledge in that rapidly changing area of biology. In lieu of a master's thesis, you'll complete a written evaluation administered by your advisor.