• Semester 1: Form faculty guidance committee
• End of Semester 1: Create a program of study to define required coursework.
• End of year 2: Complete all required coursework & take candidacy examination
• End of year 3: Complete prospectus
• Final Semester (average 5 years):
  • Complete Dissertation
  • Give Department seminar (45-minute)
  • Pass final oral defense

• Semester 1: Form faculty guidance committee
• End of Semester 1: Create a program of study to define required coursework
• End of Semester 2: Generate a research proposal
• End of year 2: Complete all required coursework
• Final Semester (average 2 years):
  • Complete Thesis
  • Give Department seminar (30-minute)
  • Pass final oral defense

Costs and Funding

Costs for the program will differ for every student.

• The Self-Guided Biology program (no concentration) allows students to select their area of specialization in consultation with an academic faculty advisor.
• The Biological Data Analytics concentration combines required courses in data analytics and elective options in biology to provide students with the understanding of the type of data collected while conducting biological research and how to analyze it.
• The Cellular and Molecular Biology concentration provides a heavy fo