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Master of Science Degree - Program Requirements

Scott Ditch, first year graduate student, prepares reagents for an experiment in his laboratory rotation with Dr. Andrew Hollenbach. Students in their first year spend an average of three to five hours a day learning laboratory methods.

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 student must write a Thesis and attend all Seminars.

Core Courses - Subset of those required for PhD

		Credit Hours
Int 221	Biometric Methods in the Health Sciences	3
Genet 231	Basic Human Genetics	3
Genet 253	Laboratory Methods in Molecular Genetics	3
Phys 251	Molecular Structure and Function of the Cell	3
Int 220	Ethics in the Biomedical Sciences	1
Int 260	Responsible Conduct in Research	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 the scope and content of the Thesis work. The Committee determines 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.