The Department of Biological Sciences has over 40 faculty members from a broad spectrum of disciplines including physiology, ecology, molecular biology, microbiology, and cell biology leading to the B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees with the hope that students plan a career in the biological sciences, move on to professional schools, or become educators/researchers.

The Faculty members provide quality instruction in biology at all levels and pursue original scientific research They are involved in independent and collaborative research in cell biology and physiology, ecology and evolutionary biology, exercise physiology and muscle biology, microbiology, and neurobiology offerings.