对于有生物学专业目标的学生，建议使用生物学硕士课程，例如继续研究生教育，在联邦机构，州机构或非政府组织工作，确保行业就业或中学和高等教育教学。MS计划A学位需要论文。MS Plan B和Accelerated MS并非如此，该系的研究兴趣（见上文）涵盖了水生和陆地生态学，保护生物学，可持续性，生态毒理学，动植物生理学，分子生物学，神经科学，细胞生物学，发育生物学，遗传学和进化。该部门的特别优势是保护生物学，环境压力生理学，神经科学以及种群和进化生物学。
Biology is a diverse discipline with graduates in fields such as biotechnology, cell biology, conservation, ecology, physiology, environmental sciences, and health-related sciences.This program is designed to serve a wide variety of post-baccalaureate educational needs in central Arkansas and serves students with diverse backgrounds and goals. The program provides students with core skills desired by potential and current employers, specific knowledge and techniques relevant to specialized fields within biology, and the opportunity to work independently on a thesis or suite of course work suitable to each student's aspirations.The Master of Science option is a 30 credit hour degree that includes the 13 hour core curriculum (described below), 3 hours of seminar and 6 hours of thesis research. The remaining 8 hours will be electives.