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Anatomy
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A program that focuses on the scientific study of organ systems, tissue structures, and whole bodies together with their cellular and structural components and dynamics. Includes instruction in cell biology and histo...
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Animal Genetics
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A program that focuses on the scientific study of the genetics of multicellular animal life forms from the experimental, comparative, and clinical (veterinary and medical) viewpoints. Includes instruction in molecula...
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Animal Physiology
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A program that focuses on the scientific study of function, morphology, regulation, and intercellular communications and dynamics within vertebrate and invertebrate in animal species, with comparative applications to ...
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Aquatic Biology + Limnology
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A program that focuses on the scientific study of the ecology and behavior of microbes, plants, and animals inhabiting inland fresh waters such as lakes, ponds, rivers, creeks, estuaries, and wetlands. Includes instr...
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Biochemistry
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A program that focuses on the scientific study of the chemistry of living systems, their fundamental chemical substances and reactions, and their chemical pathways and information transfer systems, with particular ref...
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Biochemistry + Biophysics and Molecular Biology
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An integrated, combined program that focuses on the structure, function, and dynamic behavior of the components of biological systems at the submolecular, molecular, and supramolecular levels and their influence on bi...
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Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology, Other
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Any instructional program in biochemistry, biophysics and molecular biology not listed in the Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology, General category.
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Bioinformatics
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A program that focuses on the application of computer-based technologies and services to biological, biomedical, and biotechnology research. Includes instruction in algorithms, network architecture, principles of sof...
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Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other
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Any instructional program in the biological and biomedical sciences not listed in the Biological and Biomedical Sciences, General category.
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Biology + Biological Sciences, General
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A general program of biology at the introductory, basic level or a program in biology or the biological sciences that is undifferentiated as to title or content. Includes instruction in general biology and programs c...
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Biomathematics and Bioinformatics, Other
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Any instructional program in biomathematics and bioinformatics not listed in the Biomathematics and Bioinformatics, General category.
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Biomedical Sciences, General
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A general, program that focuses on the integrative scientific study of biological issues related to health and medicine, or a program in one or more of the biomedical sciences that is undifferentiated as to title. In...
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Biometry + Biometrics
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A program that focuses on the application of statistics and other computational methods to the study of problems in the biological sciences and related fields in agriculture and natural resources. Includes instructio...
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Biophysics
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A program that focuses on the application of physics principles to the scientific study the mechanisms of biological processes and assemblies at all levels of complexity. Includes instruction in research methods and ...
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Biostatistics
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A program that focuses on the application of descriptive and inferential statistics to biomedical research and clinical, public health, and industrial issues related to human populations. Includes instruction in math...
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Biotechnology
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A program that focuses on the application of the biological sciences, biochemistry, and genetics to the preparation of new and enhanced agricultural, environmental, clinical, and industrial products, including the com...
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Botany + Plant Biology
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A program that focuses on the scientific study of plants, related microbial organisms, and plant habitats and ecosystem relations. Includes instruction in plant anatomy and structure, phytochemistry, cytology, plant ...
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Botany + Plant Biology, Other
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Any instructional program in botany/plant biology not listed in the Botany/Plant Biology, General category.
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Cell + Cellular and Molecular Biology
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An integrated, combined program that focuses on the scientific study of cells, cellular systems, and the molecular basis of cell structure and function. Includes instruction in cell biology, cell chemistry, molecular...
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Cell + Cellular Biology and Anatomical Sciences, Other
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Any instructional program in cell/cellular biology and anatomical sciences not listed in the Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical Sciences, General category.
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Cell + Cellular Biology and Histology
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A program that focuses on the scientific study of the structure, function, and regulation of cells as individual units and as components of larger systems. Includes instruction in cell chemistry, cellular dynamics, c...
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Conservation Biology
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A program that focuses on the application of the biological sciences to the specific problems of biodiversity, species preservation, ecological sustainability, and habitat fragmentation in the face of advancing human ...
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Ecology
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A program that focuses on the scientific study of the relationships and interactions of small-scale biological systems, such as organisms, to each other, to complex and whole systems, and to the physical and other non...
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Ecology, Evolution, Systematics and Population Biology, Other
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Any instructional program in ecology, evolution, and systematics not listed in the Ecology, Evolution, Systematics and Population Biology, General category.
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Entomology
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A program that focuses on the scientific study of insect species and populations in respect of their life cycles, morphology, genetics, physiology, ecology, taxonomy, population dynamics, and environmental and economi...
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Environmental Biology
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A program that focuses on the scientific study of the origins, functions, relationships, interactions, and natural history of living populations, communities, species, and ecosystems in relation to dynamic environment...
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Environmental Toxicology
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A program that focuses on the scientific study of the health effects associated with exposure to toxic chemicals and systems occurring in the natural, work, and living environments; the management of environmental tox...
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Epidemiology
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A program that focuses on the scientific study of disease, disability, and trauma patterns within and across populations and the development of health management mechanisms to prevent and control disease outbreaks and...
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Evolutionary Biology
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A program that focuses on the scientific study of the genetic, developmental, functional, and morphological patterns and processes, and theoretical principles; and the emergence and mutation of organisms over time. I...
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Exercise Physiology
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A program that focuses on the scientific study of the physiological processes involved in physical or motor activity, including sensorimotor interactions, response mechanisms, and the effects of injury, disease, and d...
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Genetics, General
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A general program that focuses on the scientific study of the organization, recombination, function, regulation, and transmission of heritable information in biological organisms at all levels of complexity. Includes...
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Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography
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A program that focuses on the scientific study of the ecology and behavior of microbes, plants, and animals inhabiting oceans, coastal waters, and saltwater wetlands and their interactions with the physical environmen...
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Medical Microbiology and Bacteriology
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A program that focuses on the scientific study of pathogenic bacteria that are significant factors in causing or facilitating human disease. Includes instruction in the pathogenesis of bacterial diseases, bacterial g...
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Microbiological Sciences and Immunology, Other
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Any instructional program in the microbiological sciences and immunology not listed in the Microbiological Sciences and Immunology, General category.
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Microbiology, General
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A program that focuses on the scientific study of unicellular organisms and colonies, and subcellular genetic matter and their ecological interactions with human beings and other life. Includes instruction in microbi...
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Molecular Biochemistry
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A program that focuses on the scientific relationship of physiological function to the structure and actions of macromolecules and supramolecular assemblies such as multienzyme complexes, membranes, and viruses. Incl...
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Molecular Biology
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A program that focuses on the scientific study of the structure and function of biological macromolecules and the role of molecular constituents and mechanisms in supramolecular assemblies and cells. Includes instruc...
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Molecular Genetics
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A program that focuses on the scientific study of the molecular mechanisms regulating gene expression, information transfer, replication, and stability in DNA and RNA. Includes instruction in prokaryotic genetics and...
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Molecular Pharmacology
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Molecular Toxicology
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A program that focuses on the scientific study of the genetic determinants of susceptibility to external pollutants and poisons; the interaction of toxic agents with biological systems at the molecular and cellular le...
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Neurobiology and Neurophysiology
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A program that focuses on the scientific study of the cellular and molecular basis of the lower and higher neural functions in animals and human beings, organ system behavior and the immune response, and the control o...
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Pathology + Experimental Pathology
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A program that focuses on the scientific study of the expression, initiation, maintenance and progression of tissue injury and disease, including death, and the relationship of pathogenesis to fundamental molecular an...
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Pharmacology
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A program that focuses on the scientific study of drug interactions on biological systems and organisms and the sources, chemical properties, biological effects, and therapeutic uses of drugs. Includes instruction in...
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Pharmacology and Toxicology
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A program with an integrated, combined approach to the study of pharmacological and toxicological issues in biology and the biomedical sciences. Includes instruction in topics such as solvents, xenobiotic metabolism,...
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Physiology, General
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A general program that focuses on the scientific study of the functional dynamics, morphology, and biochemical and biophysical communications within organisms and between living systems at all levels of complexity and...
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Physiology, Pathology, and Related Sciences, Other
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Any instructional program in physiology, pathology, and related sciences not listed in the Physiology, Pathology, and Related Sciences, General category.
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Plant Genetics
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A program that focuses on the scientific study of the genetics of multicellular plants and fungi as related to botanical research as well as to applications in comparative genetics, ecology and evolutionary studies, c...
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Plant Pathology + Phytopathology
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A program that focuses on the scientific study of plant diseases and plant health, and the development of disease control mechanisms. Includes instruction in plant anatomy and physiology; pathogenesis; molecular plan...
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Radiation Biology + Radiobiology
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A program that focuses on the effects of radiation on organisms and biological systems. Includes instruction in particle physics, ionization, and biophysics of radiation perturbations, cellular and organismic repair...
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Toxicology
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A program that focuses on the scientific study of poisons and other biohazards; their interactions with organisms and their food and respiratory systems; and their prevention, management, and counteraction. Includes ...
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Wildlife Biology
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A program that focuses on the application of biological principles to the study of vertebrate wildlife, wildlife habitats, and related ecosystems in remote and urban areas. Includes instruction in animal ecology; ada...
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Zoology + Animal Biology
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A general program that focuses on the scientific study of the biology of animal species and phyla, with reference to their molecular and cellular systems, anatomy, physiology, and behavior. Includes instruction in mo...
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Zoology + Animal Biology, Other
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Any instructional program in zoology/animal biology not listed in the Zoology/Animal Biology, General category.
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