GRADUATE PROGRAM GUIDELINES: PROGRAM OF STUDY
All prospective degree candidates must submit a program of study that should constitute a logical and reasonable whole. The program of study must be submitted on the proper form with signed approval by the Major Professor, the Graduate Coordinator, and the Dean of the Graduate School.
Students may be dismissed by their department at the end of any semester if they have not made sufficient academic progress. Students with a cumulative graduate course average below 3.0 for two consecutive semesters are placed on academic probation by the Graduate School. They then must make a 3.0 or higher semester graduate average for each succeeding semester that their overall cumulative graduate average is below 3.0. These students will be released from probation when their cumulative graduate average is 3.0 or above. If they make below a 3.0 semester average while on probation, they will be dismissed.
CORE CURRICULUM
All Cellular Biology graduate students must complete a core program of study consisting of CBIO 8010 (General Cell Biology), (unless exempted by examination); CBIO 6130; and either CBIO 8400 (Advanced Cell Biology), CBIO 8300 (Advanced Developmental Biology), CBIO 8100 (Advanced Immunology), or CBIO 8500 (Biology of Parasitism).
M.S.
A preliminary program of study should be developed by the major professor, advisory committee, and student by the end of the second semester. It should be completed during the student's fourth semester of residence. The courses on the program must carry at least 24 semester hours of graduate credit, exclusive of thesis, and at least one-half of this credit must be in courses open only to graduate students. The requirement of at least 12 semester hours of credit open only to graduate students may not be reduced by credit in CBIO 7000 (Master’s Research). A maximum of six semester hours of CBIO 7000 may be included on the program of study.
PH.D.
A preliminary program of study, developed by the Major Professor and the doctoral student and approved by the Advisory Committee, will be submitted to the Graduate Coordinator by the end of the student's first year of residence. The program of study should constitute a logical whole. A final program of study will be submitted to the Graduate School prior to application for admission to candidacy. This program of study must be submitted on the proper form for approval by the Advisory Committee, the Graduate Coordinator, and the Dean of the Graduate School. The final program of study must show all graduate courses relevant to the doctoral program (including courses from the master's degree and courses transferred from other universities), and not just courses satisfying the minimum degree requirement. A minimum of three semester hours of CBIO 9300, doctoral dissertation, must be included on the program of study.