The graduate program of the Department of Biological Sciences is designed to qualify persons for continued graduate work at the doctoral level; for teaching biology in high schools, community colleges, and liberal arts colleges; and for employment in various fields of biology, including certain fields of applied biology. In addition, the Master of Science in Forensic Science (MSFS) degree is the only one of its kind in the state of Kansas. MSFS program offers vigorous curriculum encompassing a broad spectrum of subjects including criminalistics, molecular biology, toxicology, and firearms, and it prepares students to work as a scientist in national, state, or regional criminalistics laboratories or conventional analytical laboratories.