Biology

Website	https://www.bio.umb.edu

Office	Wheatley Hall, 3rd Floor, Room 21
	617.287.6600
	Biology@umb.edu

Department Chair	Rachel Skvirsky, PhD
	Rachel.Skvirsky@umb.edu
	617.287.6617
	Integrated Sciences Complex, 4th Floor, Room 4420

Programs

Master’s

Biology (MS)
Biotechnology and Biomedical Sciences (MS)

Doctorate

Biology (PhD)
Biomedical Engineering and Biotechnology (PhD)

Graduate Certificate

Biotechnology (Certificate)

Courses

BIOL 506 - Marine and Coastal Ecological Research
BIOL 514 - Developmental Biology
BIOL 518 - Neurobiology Lecture
BIOL 519 - Endocrinology Lecture
BIOL 523 - Plant Physiology (Lecture only)
BIOL 527 - Melecular Biology
BIOL 529 - Plant Life Lecture
BIOL 533 - Marine Invertebrates Lecture
BIOL 534 - Microbiology
BIOL 538 - Insect Life
BIOL 539 - Comparative Animal Physiology
BIOL 540 - Marine Mammal Biology
BIOL 542 - Ecology Lecture
BIOL 544 - Stock Assessment of Fishery Resources
BIOL 545L - Biology in Society: Critical Thinking
BIOL 552 - Evolution (Lecture only)
BIOL 560 - Bioinformatics
BIOL 572 - Molecular Biology (Lecture only)
BIOL 580 - Intro to Immunology Lecture
BIOL 607 - An Introduction to Computational Data Analysis for Biology
BIOL 609 - Advanced Data Analysis for Biology
BIOL 611 - Epigenetics
BIOL 612 - Advanced Cell Biology
BIOL 615 - Immunology
BIOL 625 - Genomics and Biotechnology
BIOL 628 - Microbial Ecology
BIOL 629 - Host Microbe Interactions
BIOL 631 - Microbial Genome Evolution: Gene Establishment, Survival, and Exchange
BIOL 634 - Methods in Phylogenetics and Macroevolutionary Analysis
BIOL 638 - Advanced Ecology
BIOL 639 - Conservation Biology
BIOL 642 - Biogeography
BIOL 650 - Scientific Communication
BIOL 652 - Biological Diversity and Evolution
BIOL 653 - Current Literature in Biology
BIOL 654 - Sustainability Science: Environment, Economy and Equity
BIOL 664 - Bioinformatics for Molecular Biologists
BIOL 666 - Mammalian Toxicology
BIOL 672 - Directed Readings in Biology
BIOL 673 - Directed Readings
BIOL 674 - Cell Signaling
BIOL 676 - Advanced Molecular Biology Lecture
BIOL 677 - Advanced Eukaryotic Genetics
BIOL 679 - Protein Chemistry and Enzymology Lecture
BIOL 680L - Physical Biochemistry
BIOL 681 - Network Biology
BIOL 691 - Seminar in Developmental Biology
BIOL 693 - Seminar in Neurobiology
BIOL 694 - Research Experimentation in Biology
BIOL 697 - Special Topics in Biology
BIOL 698 - Projects in Biology
BIOL 699 - Thesis Research
BIOL 899 - Dissertation Research