{"id":155,"date":"2017-09-14T16:52:16","date_gmt":"2017-09-14T23:52:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nau.edu\/biological-sciences\/?page_id=155"},"modified":"2025-08-05T12:57:52","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T19:57:52","slug":"graduate-student-information","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-biological-sciences\/graduate-student-information\/","title":{"rendered":"Graduate degrees"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Biology graduate degrees<\/h1>\n<h2>Find what you need regarding NAU graduate degrees, important dates, and more<\/h2>\n<p>Conduct your own research and work closely with expert, research-focused faculty in NAU&#8217;s graduate biological sciences programs.\u00a0Our programs feature an ideal balance between strong academic rigor and flexibility so students can tailor a degree to meet specific personal and career goals.<\/p>\n<h3>Graduate degrees<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-biological-sciences\/ms-biology\/\">MS Biological Sciences<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-biological-sciences\/phd-biology\/\">PhD Biological Sciences<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Additional information<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>The GRE is not required for applicants to the Biology MS or PhD programs. If you have questions, contact <a href=\"mailto:AskBioGrad@nau.edu\">AskBioGrad@nau.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Important <a href=\"http:\/\/legacy.nau.edu\/GradCol\/Deadlines\/\">dates and deadlines<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-biological-sciences\/graduate-program-faq\/\">Frequently asked questions<\/a> about NAU Biology graduate programs<\/li>\n<li>Information on our <a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-biological-sciences\/faculty-laboratories\/\">faculty laboratories<\/a> and department research centers can be found from the menu item &#8220;research&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/legacy.nau.edu\/GradCol\/Admissions\/Application\/\">Office of Graduate and Professional Studies (OGPS) Application<\/a> and other OGPS information<\/li>\n<li>Need more information? Please send your inquiries to <a href=\"mailto:Askbiograd@nau.edu\">Askbiograd@nau.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<!-- shortcode-right-column -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-right-column\" >\n    <div class=\"shortcode-right-column__container\">\n<h4>Helpful links<\/h4>\n<!-- shortcode-image-caption -->\n<span class=\"shortcode-image-caption shortcode-image-caption--center\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/catalog.nau.edu\/Courses\/results?keyword=Biology&term=1241\">    <span class=\"shortcode-image-caption__container\">\n                <span class=\"shortcode-image-caption__caption\">\n            <span>\n\nCourses Offered\n\n<\/span>\n        <\/span>\n                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1496 size-square-image\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-biological-sciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/374\/2017\/11\/358A4995_GeorgeKoch_Research_20170901-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"two people discussing research in the field\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/374\/2017\/11\/358A4995_GeorgeKoch_Research_20170901-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/374\/2017\/11\/358A4995_GeorgeKoch_Research_20170901-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\n    <\/span>\n    <\/a><\/span>\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-biological-sciences\/graduate-program-faq\/\">Graduate program FAQ<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-biological-sciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/374\/Biology-Graduate-Program-Handbook.pdf\">Biology Graduate Program Handbook<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Biology graduate degrees Find what you need regarding NAU graduate degrees, important dates, and more Conduct your own research and work closely with expert, research-focused faculty in NAU&#8217;s graduate biological sciences programs.\u00a0Our programs feature an ideal balance between strong academic rigor and flexibility so students can tailor a degree to meet specific personal and career [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":316,"featured_media":1621,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","ring_central_script_selection":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-155","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-biological-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/155","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-biological-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-biological-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-biological-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/316"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-biological-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=155"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-biological-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/155\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4501,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-biological-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/155\/revisions\/4501"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-biological-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-biological-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}