生物学系的目标是为学生提供个性化的，广泛的生物学培训，从而获得理学硕士学位（MS）。原创性研究是论文学位和非论文学位选择的组成部分。学院的专业领域包括生态学，生理学，遗传学，分子生物学，分类学，行为和各种生物的发育生物学。MS学位为学生提供了在行业，私人或政府机构和学者中就业的资格，以及在专业课程（例如博士学位或医学博士）中接受进修的准备。UNO的生物学计划为加入跨学科研究团队和课堂提供了机会。这就是我们的学生在医学，可持续性，环境评估，生物医学研究以及其他100多个令人兴奋的领域中进入职业的方式。
The Biology Master's Program will prepare you for a job in the public or private sector, as well as continuing on to a Ph.D. program. Graduate students will design and implement research projects to provide solutions to real-life situations under the guidance of a faculty member in their area of specialty. We will work with you to customize your research project and coursework to match your interests and establish skills that will fuel your career aspirations. Graduate Assistant (teaching) positions are available and provide support in the form of a tuition waiver and stipend, and help our MS students build the soft-skills required in every profession. Graduate Assistant (research) positions provide the same support and are available to students working with faculty on externally funded projects. Biology MS students have full access to the facilities operated by School of Natural Sciences through the faculty that make up those programs (i.e., Agriculture, Biology, and Chemistry). These resources include recently updated laboratories dedicated to research in chemistry, molecular biology, and wildlife biology, an R-Class animal care facility, two greenhouses, two farms, department vehicles/boat, multiple curated collections, and numerous pieces of specialized equipment that are required to produce publishable results in today's scientific literature. Graduate students are able to conduct laboratory experiments, field research, or a combination due to the collaborative environment and interdisciplinary research approach made possible by the breadth of faculty expertise in the School of Natural Sciences.