The objectives of the thesis/research graduate program are two-fold. First, we aim to enrich the student's subject knowledge and give the student a rigorous experience in research and thesis-writing. Second, all of our graduate students acquire superior training and experience in teaching. Training in teaching will be provided through coursework, offered in the biology department, and the supervised teaching of biology laboratories. Thus, students not only gain research experience, they can also learn to be effective teachers and communicators.

Currently, we have research strengths in the following areas: