Graduate School Bulletin

Organismic and Evolutionary Biology Program

Degrees Offered:
Doctor of Philosophy
Master of Science

Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
College of Natural Sciences
203 French Hall

Contact:
Patricia Wadsworth, Interdepartmental Graduate Programs (MCB, NSB, OEB, PB) Director
patw@bio.umass.edu

Paige Warren, OEB Graduate Program Director
pswarren@eco.umass.edu

Adam Porter, Graduate Admissions Coordinator
aporter@bio.umass.edu

The interdepartmental Graduate Program in Organismic and Evolutionary Biology trains students in four broad areas:

• Animal Behavior: Behavioral ecology, communication, learning
• Ecology: Conservation biology, community, population and landscape ecology
• Evolutionary Biology: Evolution, phylogenetics, population genetics, molecular evolution
• Organismal Biology: Physiology, morphology, paleontology