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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.