该计划为在生物医学研究，生物技术，神经科学或生物防御以及进化和动物生物学，动物生物学和生物学教学方面寻求职业的大学毕业生或专业人员提供高级培训。硕士水平的浓度可用于微生物学和传染病，分子生物学，神经科学，进化生物学以及转化和临床研究。或者，学生可以选择普通生物科学专业的课程，从而可以灵活地建立针对特定研究或职业兴趣的学位课程。
The Master of Science degree in Biology focuses on the preparation of a research thesis. Graduates who earn the Master of Science degree should possess an academic background adequate to enable them to proceed into advanced academic (doctoral) or professional (e.g., medical, dental, or other health-related programs) programs, or to enter the work force in an array of biological contexts (e.g., government agencies, environmental consulting, teaching, biological products development and marketing). The Department offers broad coverage of biology in which this degree can be pursued. Areas of specialization include ecology, population biology, aquatic biology and limnology, genetics, physiology, comparative anatomy and morphology, microbiology, systematics, genetics and molecular biology. Each graduate student works closely with one or more faculty members, who direct the student's course work and research.