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Program Requirements

General Program Requirements:
Number of Credits Required Beyond the Baccalaureate: 36

Required Courses:

Course List

Code	Title	Credit Hours
Core Courses
叠滨翱尝听8003	Introduction to Graduate Research	3
叠滨翱尝听8220	Seminar 1	3
Three 8000-level Biology seminars 2		9
Two additional graduate-level courses 3		6
Electives
Select three from the following:		9
叠滨翱尝听5101	Evolution
叠滨翱尝听5111	Genomics in Medicine
叠滨翱尝听5112	Fundamentals of Genomic Evolutionary Medicine
叠滨翱尝听5114	Evolutionary Ecology
叠滨翱尝听5128	Genomics and Infectious Disease Dynamics
叠滨翱尝听5241	Genomics and Evolutionary Biology of Parasites and Other Dependent Species
叠滨翱尝听5254	Animal Behavior
叠滨翱尝听5275	Ecology of Invasive Species
叠滨翱尝听5301	Cell Biology
叠滨翱尝听5307	Conservation Biology
叠滨翱尝听5312	Biostatistics
叠滨翱尝听5321	Plant Community Ecology
叠滨翱尝听5322	Biology of Plants
叠滨翱尝听5323	Global Change Science: Analytics with R
叠滨翱尝听5335	Polar Biology - Life at the Extremes
叠滨翱尝听5337	Comparative Biomechanics
叠滨翱尝听5338	Epigenetics
叠滨翱尝听5358	Cellular/Molecular Neuroscience
叠滨翱尝听5361	Molecular Neuropharmacology
叠滨翱尝听5366	Stem Cell Biology
叠滨翱尝听5403	Genomics
叠滨翱尝听5416	Tropical Marine Biology: Belize
叠滨翱尝听5428	Virology
叠滨翱尝听5429	Developmental Genetics
叠滨翱尝听5436	Freshwater Ecology
叠滨翱尝听5452	Systems Neuroscience
叠滨翱尝听5454	Neurological Basis of Animal Behavior
叠滨翱尝听5456	Organization and Development of the Nervous System
叠滨翱尝听5464	Biochemistry of Embryogenesis
叠滨翱尝听5465	Mammalian Development
叠滨翱尝听5466	Contemporary Biology
叠滨翱尝听5469	Molecular Biology
叠滨翱尝听5471	Cell Proliferation
叠滨翱尝听5474	Physical Biochemistry
叠滨翱尝听5475	General Biochemistry I
叠滨翱尝听5476	General Biochemistry II
叠滨翱尝听5479	Biotechnology
叠滨翱尝听5501	Analytical Biotechnology
叠滨翱尝听5502	Microbial Biotechnology
贰贰厂听5011	Remote Sensing and GIS
Research Courses 4		6
叠滨翱尝听9994	Preliminary Examination Preparation
叠滨翱尝听9998	Pre-Dissertation Research / Elevation to Candidacy
叠滨翱尝听9999	Dissertation Research
Total Credit Hours		36

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Students take 1 credit of 叠滨翱尝听8220 in the Fall and 2 credits of聽叠滨翱尝听8220 in the Spring.

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One 3-credit seminar may be replaced with three 1-credit seminars.聽

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Additional courses are selected from 8000-level seminars or from 5000-level Biology courses. With approval from the student鈥檚 advisor and the Graduate Chair, two non-Biology graduate-level courses that align with the student鈥檚 career goals may be taken.

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A minimum of 2 credits of 叠滨翱尝听9999 must be taken.

Additional Requirements:
All graduate-level courses must be passed with a "B-" or better.

All PhD candidates must have experience teaching at 51动漫. A minimum teaching requirement of two terms may be satisfied by serving as a Teaching Assistant in the Biology Department.

Attendance at scheduled departmental colloquia is required.

Culminating Events:
Preliminary Examination:
The student independently prepares a written proposal and submits it to the Graduate Committee by April 1 of the student's fourth term. The proposal should follow the general format of a postdoctoral proposal to a federal granting agency (e.g., NIH). It should include background surrounding a particular research problem, including literature related to the problem and a detailed methodological plan for investigating the problem. The sections of the written proposal should include Title; Abstract (not to exceed 300 words); Specific Aims; Background and Significance; Preliminary Data; Experimental Design (including Rationale, Specific Methods, Interpretation of Possible Results, and Pitfalls and Alternative Strategies); and References in PNAS format. The preliminary exam proposal should be 15 to 20 pages in length. The research advisor is not to make direct contributions to the brief.

The Area Committee has two weeks in which to review the written proposal, and the student is allowed only one re-write. If the proposal is not accepted after the first re-write, the student is considered to have failed the exam. If the written proposal is accepted, an oral examination is scheduled through the department and held within two weeks. The oral examination tests the student's understanding of the background and substance of the research proposal聽and understanding of the area of specialization in which the research is embedded.

The preliminary examination is administered by the Preliminary Examination Committee in the absence of the research advisor. A minimum of three examiners serve on the Preliminary Examination Committee. The full exam, both written and oral, is graded by the Preliminary Examination Committee, and one of the following grades is assigned: Fail, Promising, Pass, High Pass, or Pass with Distinction. The evaluators look for a breadth and depth of understanding of specific research areas; a critical application of that knowledge to specific biological phenomena; and an ability to write a proposal in a manner consistent with scientists in the student's specialization. The student is notified of the grade the day the exam is taken. A passing grade requires a 2/3 majority of the Preliminary Examination Committee. The grade of Promising denotes that an exam must be retaken. Examinations that are to be retaken must be completed before October 1 of the following academic year.

Dissertation:
The doctoral dissertation is an original empirical study that demonstrates the student's knowledge of research methods and mastery of their primary area of research.

The Doctoral Advisory Committee includes a minimum of four members: three from the department, including the advisor, and one from outside the department. Departmental members must be Graduate Faculty or equivalent research faculty and are chosen by the student and advisor. The Doctoral Advisory Committee is to be formed within two to three months after successful completion of the preliminary examination, with the exception of the outside member who may be chosen at a later date. The student may petition the Biology Department Graduate Committee to change an advisor or committee member if needed.

The Doctoral Defense is to consist of a formal departmental colloquium open to the public. It is conducted by the Doctoral Advisory Committee, with the outside examiner present. The Graduate School must be notified at least 10 working days in advance. Announcements of the dissertation defense are posted around the Biology Department and sent via e-mail or listserv.

The penultimate version of the dissertation must be approved by the Doctoral Advisory Committee at least two weeks before the Graduate School deadline for submission of final copies.