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Master of Science Degree - Program Requirements

Alpa Sidhu, first year graduate student, harvests bacteria in order to prepare DNA for an experiment that's part of her laboratory rotation with Dr. Andrew Hollenbach

Under special circumstances determined by the Department Head, students enrolled for the Doctoral program may be awarded a Master of Science Degree. Requirements for the Master of Science degree are thirty (30) hours of graduate course work, as listed below:
Subject Area	Required Credit Hours
Core Courses*	14
Electives	8
Seminar (Genet 299)	2
Thesis Research (Genet 400)	6
Total	30
Course work must include six (6) hours in a related field. The student selects electives with the advice and approval of the Graduate Coordinator. In addition to course work, the students must write a Thesis and attend all Seminars.

Core Courses - Subset of those required for PhD	Credit Hours
Biometric Methods in the Health Sciences (Int 221)	3
Basic Human Genetics (Genet 231)	3
Laboratory Methods in Molecular Genetics (Genet 253)	3
Molecular Structure and Function of the Cell (Phys 251)	3
Ethics in the Biomedical Sciences (Int 220)	1
Responsible Conduct in Research (Int 260)	1
Students receiving a Master of Science degree will be expected to write and orally defend a Master's dissertation. At least two (2) weeks prior to the examination date, the student must submit a Request for Dissertation/Thesis Defense to the Graduate School and provide the Committee with a draft of the Thesis. The student presents the project to the Department at a regularly scheduled Seminar. Following the public presentation, the student is examined orally by the Thesis Committee on whether the student has passed the Final Examination and communicates its decision to the student, the Department Head, and the School of Graduate Studies. The Final Examination Report must be signed by all Committee members and submitted with the student's Thesis to the Graduate School.