Course Work
30 hours with no more than 40 percent at the 6000 level.
| Graduate Seminar: | 6 hours (2 semesters) | |
| Class Work: | 9 hours (3 courses) in an area of specialization. | |
| Research/Thesis Courses: | 15 hours | |
| Total: | 30 hours | |
Committee
An advisory committee chaired by the faculty member supervising the research should be formed at the end of the first year of study. It should have two other members of the graduate biology faculty.
Research Thesis
The research should be of adequate originality and quality to be recognized by the faculty as meeting criteria applied for publication in peer-reviewed scientific journals.
Thesis Defense
The thesis defense consists of a departmental seminar that details the results of the research followed by a satisfactory defense of the thesis in an oral exam administered by members of student’s thesis committee.
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