Ph.D. Degree Requirements
Semester I
- Take courses (including PBIO 997 Graduate Seminar)
- Develop research proposal
- Form guidance committee (submit Grad School form)
- Complete “Report of Guidance Committee”
Semester II
- Take courses
- Initiate or continue research
- Give seminar
Summer
- Continue research
Semester III
- Take courses
- Continue research
Semester IV
- Continue research (register for PBIO 999)
- Complete comprehensive written exam
- Complete comprehensive oral exam
- Advance to candidacy
Semester V-VII
- Continue research (register for PBIO 999)
Semester VIII
- Write dissertation (register for PBIO 999)
- Exit Seminar on dissertation
- Defend dissertation
