Enrich Your Studies & Your Future

Whether you're an undergraduate student considering a major, a graduate student pursuing their masters, or a post-baccalaureate student looking to further their career, the Biological Sciences Department has a program that will help you achieve your academic and professional goals.

What Can You Do with a Biology Degree?

From becoming a doctor to working in wildlife management, a degree in Biological Sciences opens up pathways to a variety of exciting careers. 

Undergraduate

Discover the program learning objectives, plus the variety of majors, minors and concentrations available to undergraduate students who seek to study the biological sciences.

Graduate

Graduate students will find the Department of Biological Sciences offers a Masters of Arts (MA) and Masters in Sciences (MS) in addition to specialized masters degrees, plus three unique concentrations.

CLS Certificate Program

The Post-Baccalaureate Clinical Laboratory Scientist (CLS) Training Program is a 12-month advanced certificate program that that prepares students for the American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) Medical Laboratory Scientist (MLS) Certification Exam, as well as a California Clinical Laboratory Scientist (Generalist) License issued by the California Department of Public Health.

CGMBS Certificate Program

The Post-Baccalaureate Clinical Genetic Molecular Biologist Scientist Training Program is a 12-month advanced certificate program that prepares students for the American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) Molecular Biology (MB) Certification Exam, as well as a California Clinical Genetic Molecular Biologist Scientist License issued by the California Department of Public Health.