UMass Boston

Applicants must meet general graduate admission requirements in addition to the following program-specific requirements:

Test Scores: GRE
Letters of Recommendation: 3

Deadlines: January 2 (priority deadline for funding consideration) and March 1 (final) for fall; October 15 for spring

Application Fee: The nonrefundable application fee is $75. UMass Boston alumni and current students that plan to complete degree requirements prior to graduate enrollment can submit the application without paying the application fee.

Program Cost Information: Bursar's website

Elective Courses (15 Credits)

Complete five from below.

At least two courses must be from the list of laboratory courses.

• BIOL 607 - Biostatistics and Experimental Design 3 Credit(s)
• BIOL 612 - Advanced Cell Biology 3 Credit(s)
• BIOL 615 - Immunology 3 Credit(s)
• BIOL 625 - Genomics and Biotechnology 3 Credit(s)
• BIOL 634 - Methods in Phylogenetics and Macroevolutionary Analysis 3 Credit(s)
• BIOL 664 - Bioinformatics for Molecular Biologists 3 Credit(s)
• BIOL 674 - Cell Signaling 3 Credit(s)
• BIOL 676 - Advanced Molecular Biology Lecture 3 Credit(s)
• BIOL 677 - Advanced Eukaryotic Genetics 3 Credit(s)
• BIOL 681 - Network Biology 3 Credit(s)
• BIOL 691 - Seminar in Developmental Biology 3 Credit(s)
• BIOL 693 - Seminar in Neurobiology 3 Credit(s)

Complete 15 credits from five courses.

Statute of limitations: Three years

Graduate Program Director Linda Huang
Linda.Huang [at] umb.edu
(617) 287-6674

Alexa MacPherson
Alexa.MacPherson [at] umb.edu
(617) 287-6603