UMass Boston

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

• General Graduate Record Examination (GRE) scores are optional.
• Students who are missing some basic courses that would be appropriate for this program may be admitted provisionally and asked to complete additional undergraduate course work before being granted full admission to the graduate program.

Deadlines: January 1 (priority deadline for funding consideration) and April 1 (final) for fall; October 1 (priority deadline) or November 1 (final deadline) 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.

Estimate Your Program Cost: Get a feel for your expected program costs using the Graduate Program Cost Calculator.

Program Cost Information: For more detailed information on costs, please visit the Bursar's website.

Core Courses (9 Credits)

• BIOL 650 - Scientific Communication 3 Credit(s)
• BIOL 694 - Research Experimentation in Biology 3 Credit(s) - complete two semesters

Required Electives (12 Credits)

Complete four from below.

• BIOL 612 - Advanced Cell Biology 3 Credit(s)
• BIOL 664 - Bioinformatics for Molecular Biologists 3 Credit(s)
• BIOL 676 - Advanced Molecular Biology Lecture 3 Credit(s)
• BIOL 677 - Advanced Eukaryotic Genetics 3 Credit(s)

Additional Electives (9 Credits)

Complete at least nine credits from below. At least two must be BIOL courses.

• BIOL 607 - Biostatistics and Experimental Design 3 Credit(s)
• BIOL 625 - Genomics and Biotechnology 3 Credit(s)
• BIOL 653 - Current Literature in Biology 1 Credit(s)
• BIOL 672 - Directed Readings in Biology 1-3 Credit(s)
• BIOL 673 - Directed Readings 1-3 Credit(s)
• BIOL 674 - Cell Signaling 3 Credit(s)
• BIOL 681 - Network Biology 3 Credit(s)
• BIOL 699 - Thesis Research 1-10 Credit(s) - take for four credits
• CHEM 658 - Medicinal Chemistry 4 Credit(s)
• ENVSCI 611 - Applied Statistics 3 Credit(s)
• PHYSIC 610 - Topics in Medical Imaging 4 Credit(s)

For more information on curriculum, including course descriptions and degree requirements, visit the Academic Catalog.

Complete 30 credits from at least ten courses including three core courses, four required electives and three additional electives.

Capstone: Students may choose either an internship option or a thesis option. Each student prepares a written report on his or her research work and must also take an oral examination, which will not necessarily be limited to the topic of the report. The student must submit an outline of the report to his or her advising committee before taking the oral examination.

Statute of limitations: Six years.

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

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