I appreciate your interest in the graduate programs of the department of Biology at Utah State University. The Department offers Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) and Master of Science (MS) degrees in either Biology or Ecology. Individual graduate programs emphasize a variety of topics including:

· Animal Behavior
· Biogeochemistry
· Developmental Biology
· Ecology
· Evolution
· Insect Biology and Systematics
· Neurobiology
· Microbiology
· Molecular Biology
· Physiology (Animal, Microbial, Plant)
· Plant Pathology
· Plant Systematics
· Signaling
· Toxicology
· Vertebrate Zoology
· Virology

I encourage you to contact faculty members directly concerning research opportunities in their laboratories. Contact the Staff Assistant for the Graduate Programs Committee, for information concerning graduate studies in the Department of Biology.

Daryll B. DeWald
Department Head