UNC sits at the junction of the Great Plains and the Rocky Mountains, offering you a remarkably diverse set of opportunities for field research in biology.

If you ask our students and faculty, they'll tell you that UNC?s people really set?our Biology master?s program apart. You?ll build strong, supportive relationships with faculty who are?teachers, mentors and colleagues. They?ll offer you academic and professional guidance to?help you get the most out of the Biology master?s program. With exceptional faculty, an outstanding setting, and thesis and non-thesis options, UNC enables you to personalize your M.S.?in Biological Sciences and achieve your goals.

The non-thesis option incorporates maximum flexibility, so you can focus on the specific subject-matter expertise that supports your professional development.? This program is a good fit for biology or science teachers who seek to deepen their content knowledge, and its appropriate for anyone in a biomedical career path seeking to advance their knowledge in that rapidly changing area of biology.? In lieu of a master?s thesis, you?ll complete a written evaluation administered by your advisor.