This program is available at the following location:

• Corvallis

MS Non-Thesis also available via Ecampus from Fall 2024.

Faculty in the department are involved foundational research that aims to identify novel chemicals and characterize the therapeutic potential of new agents from unusual microbes, plants, and other biological sources; design and develop nanoparticles for highly targeted delivery of new drug types; discover and investigate new drug targets to treat drug-resistant infections, cancer, muscle, skeletal and other diseases; and explore the impact of the human microbiome on health and disease using advanced computational methods and systems approaches.

Major Code: 4790

Upon successful completion of the program, students will meet the following learning outcomes:

MS

• Conduct research or produce some other form of creative work.
• Demonstrate mastery of subject material.
• Conduct scholarly or professional activities in an ethical manner.

PhD

• Produce and defend an original significant contribution to knowledge.
• Demonstrate mastery of subject material.
• Conduct scholarly activities in an ethical manner.

Major Code: 4790