Program Overview

The Graduate Program in Organismic and Evolutionary Biology (OEB) is an interdepartmental program that trains master’s and doctoral students in ecology, evolutionary biology, animal behavior, and organismal biology. OEB is structured to offer broad, flexible training. Participating faculty are members of the Departments of Anthropology; Biology; Geosciences; Kinesiology; Mathematics and Statistics; Microbiology; Natural Resources Conservation; Plant, Soil, and Insect Sciences; and Psychology as well as members of the other Five Colleges (Amherst, Hampshire, Mount Holyoke, and Smith).