Overview

Department of Biology / Department of Biology is located in Waco, TX, in an urban setting.

Degrees & Awards

Degrees Offered

Degree	Concentration	Sub-concentration
Master of Arts (MA)
Master of Science (MS)
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Earning Your Degree

Part-time study available?
Evening/weekend programs available?	No
Distance learning programs available?	No
Terminal master's degree available?	No

Admissions

Applying

50

Application Fee - Domestic

Yes

Electronic
applications accepted?

Application Deadlines

Type	Domestic	International	Priority date
Fall deadline	January 5th	January 5th	Yes

Entrance Requirements

Exam	Details
Master's Degree Exam	GRE General Test
Doctoral Degree Exam	GRE General Test

International Students

Exam	Details
TOEFL: Required

Tuition & Fees

Financial Support

Application deadlines for financial awards	February 28
Types of financial support available	Research Assistantships Teaching Assistantships Institutionally-sponsored Loans Tuition waivers for student who do not receive fellowships or assistantships Career or field-related internships Federal Work-Study Financial support for part-time students

Student Body

52

Total Graduate Students

23%

International Breakout (representing other countries)

Race/Ethnicity

Hispanic/Latino	7.69%
Black or African American	1.92%
White or Caucasian	57%
American Indian or Alaska Native	0%
Asian	3.85%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0%
Two or more races	1.92%
Unknown	0%

Gender

Male (38%)

Female (61%)

Faculty

34

Total faculty

Full-time - 32

Part-time - 2

Male (23)

Female (11)

Research

Focus of faculty research:

Tropical disease, wetland ecology, odulatory peptide discovery and biotechnology, mosquitocidal nectar plants, biocomputing approaches to discover antimicrobial peptides and other modulatory peptides, production of targeted antimicrobial peptides in e coli and plant expression systems, plant produced nanoparticle vaccines, ecology, rna and mrna biology, ecophysiology, foraging behavior, spatial ecology, diving vertebrates, life history trade-offs, functional morphology, mammals, study of inland

Externally sponsored research expenditures last year:

0

Location & Contact

Address 1311 S 5th St.
Waco, TX  76798
United States

Contact Dr. Joseph Taube
Graduate Program Director
Email: joseph_taube@baylor.edu
Phone: 254-710-2097

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