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Dec 11, 2024
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2024-2025 Graduate Catalog
Biology (PhD) - Environmental Biology Track
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Program Requirements
For the Ph.D. in Biology/Environmental Biology, 60 credits are required, distributed as follows: 7 credits of required core courses, 21 credits of elective courses with 4 of those 1-credit Current Literature (BIOL653) courses, and 32 credits of research.
Doctoral candidacy: Students must pass written and oral qualifying examinations before undertaking research at the doctoral level.
Dissertation: Candidates must compose and defend a dissertation based on original research.
Teaching: Students are required to participate in the teaching program as teaching assistants for at least two semesters.
Departmental presentation: Candidates must present a seminar of their research nine to twelve months after admission to candidacy.
GPA: Students must maintain a GPA of 3.0 throughout the program.
Minimum grade: No more than one course with a grade of C may be applied toward the program.
Residency: No more than six credits from another graduate program may be applied toward the program.
Statute of limitations: Eight years.
Electives (21 Credits)
Complete 21 credits of 600-level graduate courses chosen in consultation with the academic advisory committee.
Students may take BIOL 672 - Directed Readings in Biology for up to three elective credits. One three-credit 300-level undergraduate course may also count towards fulfilling the electives. Up to six credits may be transferred from another program in accordance with the policy of the Office of Graduate Studies. Any other substitutions for coursework (e, g, transfer credits, courses taken elsewhere, etc.) must be approved by the Graduate Program Director and the Graduate Committee.
Current Literature (4 Credits)
Research (32 Credits)
Up to five credits can be replaced by elective course credit with the approval of the academic advisory committee.
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