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Degree, certificate, field, laboratory, and professional pathways across four interdisciplinary divisions.

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Life, Earth & Environmental Sciences

10 pathways
Degree ProgramEcology, Climate & Environmental Systems

Environmental Systems & Earth Observation

Combines ecology, climate, earth science, remote sensing, environmental data, and field monitoring.

Four academic yearsOn-campus with field, laboratory, and hybrid components
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Degree ProgramBiological Sciences & Genetics

Integrative Biosciences & Genomic Methods

Connects biological foundations to genetics, genomics, evolution, physiology, ecology, computation, and laboratory practice.

Four academic yearsOn-campus with laboratory and research-computing components
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Degree ProgramEcology, Climate & Environmental Systems

Climate, Ecology & Human Adaptation

Studies climate and ecological change together with human vulnerability, adaptation, resilience, and environmental decision making.

Two academic yearsHybrid graduate seminars with field and computational research
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Degree ProgramBiological Sciences & Genetics

Genomics, Epigenetics & Biological Systems

Advanced study in genomic variation, gene regulation, long-read sequencing, bioinformatics, environment, and biological systems.

Two academic yearsLaboratory, research computing, and hybrid graduate seminars
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Degree ProgramEarth & Planetary Sciences

Earth, Life & Planetary Systems

Original research across earth history, living systems, climate, planetary processes, and coupled environmental change.

Four to six academic yearsResidency, hybrid seminars, field and laboratory research
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Professional CertificateBiological Sciences & Genetics

Nanopore Genomics & Long-Read Analysis

Long-read sequencing, quality control, alignment, assembly, variant analysis, reproducibility, and genomic data stewardship.

Two to four semestersHybrid with applied laboratory, field, studio, or computing work
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Graduate CertificateBiological Sciences & Genetics

Environmental DNA & Field Biosciences

Field sampling, contamination control, molecular workflows, bioinformatics, ecological inference, and reporting.

Two to four semestersHybrid with applied laboratory, field, studio, or computing work
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Graduate CertificateHealth, Adaptation & Human Biology

Human Adaptation & Epigenetics

Human biological variation, gene regulation, environment, stress, development, culture, and biosocial interpretation.

Two to four semestersHybrid with applied laboratory, field, studio, or computing work
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Graduate CertificateEcology, Climate & Environmental Systems

Climate & Ecological Systems

Climate evidence, ecology, remote sensing, adaptation, resilience, field monitoring, and systems analysis.

Two to four semestersHybrid with applied laboratory, field, studio, or computing work
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Laboratory IntensiveBiological Sciences & Genetics

Long-Read Genomics

Run planning, long-read sequencing, quality control, alignment, analysis, reproducibility, and technical reporting.

One to six weeksConcentrated field, laboratory, studio, or hybrid format
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