| Year |  | Requirement |
|
| 1 | |
» Course Work in Accordance with MCGD Track
Requirements (including GENE 900a and GENE 901b First Year Introduction to
Research: laboratory rotations and rotation talks, ethics, grant writing,
methods in MCGD)
» Choose Thesis Advisor and Department |
|
| 2 | |
» Course Work (including graduate student seminar)
» Honors Requirement must be met by the end of the second year
» Begin Thesis Research
» Qualifying Examination (generally in the spring term) |
|
| 3 | |
» Thesis Research
» Teaching Requirement (one term, often GENE 500b Principles of Human Genetics)
» Thesis Committee Meeting (first meeting must occur before December 15)
» Thesis Research Proposal (prepared for 1st thesis committee meeting)
» Research-in-Progress (RIP) Presentation (middle of spring term)
» Thesis Prospectus (end of spring term)
» Admission to Candidacy |
|
| 4, 5 | |
» Petition for MPhil in Fall Semester of 4th year
» Teaching Requirement is normally fulfilled before the 5th Year
» Thesis Research
» Thesis Committee meeting
» Research-in-Progress (RIP) presentation
» Annual Dissertation Progress Report |
|
| 6 | |
» Complete Thesis Research
» Final Thesis Committee Meeting to obtain approval of advisor and
committee members to write thesis
» Petition for PhD Degree and submit final thesis to the Graduate School
» Present Thesis Seminar
» Review Readers’ Reports and make any corrections
» Present hard-bound copy of thesis to the Genetics Department |
