Ph.D. Program Requirements Download to print

BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES-BOTANY PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS (60-90 credits)
Course		Title	Credits
BSCI	70372	Populations, Communities and Ecosystems	4
	70194	College Teaching In Biology (Required for Teaching Assistants)	0-1
	70370	Ecological Genetics	2
	70371	Evolutionary Ecology	2
	80199	Dissertation I	15
Additional Program Requirements			36-67
TOTAL WITH A MASTER'S DEGREE			60
TOTAL WITH A BACHELOR'S DEGREE			90

After completing their coursework, a student completes the doctoral program by being admitted to candidacy, by proposing a research project to the faculty, and by completing and defending that research with a written dissertation before a faculty committee.

Candidacy Exams: The student is admitted to doctoral candidacy following successful completion of both written and oral candidacy examinations. These exams are based on prior coursework and coursework taken in this graduate program as determined by the student's academic Guidance Committee, which must consist of at least three eligible faculty members. The advisor(s) and a majority of members of the Guidance Committee must be members of the appropriate graduate program. This committee is responsible for determining the student's academic curriculum and for administering the candidacy exams. Following successful completion of candidacy exams, students register for Dissertation I for two semesters and thereafter for Dissertation II continually.