The MS degree program in applied biological sciences offers advanced instruction in the ecology and sustainable management of natural and urban ecosystems. Rigorous programs of study involving field and laboratory work are custom-designed to apply ecological or biological principles to problems in species or ecosystem conservation. All programs culminate with the completion of an intensive, research-based thesis or applied project.

The program is supported by faculty members with backgrounds in:

• ecological restoration
• environmental microbiology
• environmental stress physiology
• desert horticulture
• plant-fungal ecology
• plant systematics
• riparian and stream ecology
• urban micrometerology
• wildlife biology