Ph.D. Requirements

Ph.D. Requirements

The department of MCDB offers a Ph.D. degree in biology. Students in the program take courses, serve as teaching assistants, begin independent research, pass preliminary and comprehensive examinations, and are then admitted to candidacy for the degree. The degree is awarded after successful preparation and defense of a thesis. The University's guide and requirements for graduate study are to be found in the University catalog. Students are responsible for adherence to the rules stated there as well as to those of this department, which are outlined below. Students are expected to complete individual requirements of the program following the guidelines that are in place when the given requirement is completed or the student is engaged in completing the requirement.