Graduate students in the School of Biological and Chemical Sciences (SBC) experience immediate immersion in laboratory research and lots of individual attention from faculty. SBC has an outstanding faculty and research environment that supports a strong emphasis in research-based graduate degrees. The school offers a low faculty to student ratio and encourages interdisciplinary research across multiple laboratories.<br>Students graduating from this program will:<br>describe the structures and functions of key biological molecules, how these molecules interact to perform the major biochemical processes of living organisms, and key regulatory events that govern these biochemical processes.<br>describe the storage, transmission and expression of genetic information, including key genetic regulatory events.<br>employ oral and written communication skills in the presentation of information in cell and molecular biology.<br>integrate fundamental knowledge of biochemistry and cell and molecular biology to understand and develop experimental approaches for testing hypotheses about biological mechanisms