在福特汉姆，我们的研究生正在实验室和实验室中寻求解决这些问题的方法。我们的理学硕士课程提供了独特的跨学科经验，将增加您的多功能性，使您掌握最先进的分子工具和技术以及系统生物学。您将专门研究以下两个领域之一：生态学和细胞与分子生物学。凭借对研究的高度重视，我们在为学生准备在福特汉姆大学和其他竞争性项目的博士工作方面取得了成功的记录。专为全日制学生设计的两年制课程
Our department comprises undergraduate and graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and faculty and staff with broad interests and a fascination for biology and the natural world. From stem cells to systematics and molecules to whole environments, we research and teach a diverse and integrative set of disciplines. We strive to create leaders in research, education, and service and feature facilities well-equipped for contemporary research in the laboratory, field, and computational biology.<br>Program objectives are: (1) understand biological principles, concepts, and theories, and in-depth knowledge in a chosen specialty, (2) develop expertise in experimental design, data analysis, and oral and written presentation of research results, and (3) become competitive for professional positions in the biological sciences. A minimum of 30 semester hours is required beyond the baccalaureate degree, of which 21 must be at the 7000 level. The Department of Biological Sciences offers programs that lead to the Master of Science (MS thesis and non-thesis) and the Doctor of Philosophy degrees. Graduate faculty members in the department have diverse interests covering most of the major fields of biology and taxonomy of organisms.<br>The diversity of the natural world reminds us to strive for a diverse community in our department and we welcome, celebrate, value, and support diversity in many different forms: diversity of race and ethnicity, of religions and cultures, of world views, of gender identity/expression and sexual orientation, of socioeconomic status, of immigration status, of abilities, of lived experiences and future ambitions, and of intellectual perspectives and scientific approaches. The Department of Biological Sciences promotes diversity and inclusion as part of our core values and we strive to maintain a forum where all voices are heard. Our goal is to include all that would like to participate in the life of the Department of Biological Sciences, and our departmental Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion committee includes faculty, staff, and student members. <br><br>Equity is another core departmental value, which involves the recognition that not all faculty, staff, and students began their journey to the University of Memphis from the same starting point. For many people, there are barriers that lead to an imbalance in access to advantages that are not available to all. Underrepresented groups have often had unequal access to resources that help prepare them for successful careers in the biological sciences. As a department, we strive to provide equal access to these resources at all levels (undergraduate, graduate, postdoctoral, staff, and faculty) and in all aspects of our departmental work including courses, seminars, research, advising, scholarships, and professional development.