Students who have completed a bachelor's degree with a superior academic record may apply directly for admissions to the doctor of philosophy degree program.
For the PhD degree, students must complete a minimum of 80 units, including those listed in the core requirements below. Additionally, they must take at least 12 units of advanced courses in microbiology. As part of these advance courses microbiology, at least 4 units must be an immunology course and 6 units in other didactic literature-based courses. The student will carry out research (20 units of MICR 697) that culminates in a dissertation and several publishable papers (5 units of MICR 699). Doctoral students are required to pass both written and oral comprehensive examinations in order to advance to candidacy. They must successfully defend their dissertation to their guidance committee before being awarded the PhD degree.
Prerequisites for acceptance include results of the GRE General Test. Scores on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) is required from students whose native language is not English. Applicants should have a bachelor's degree or equivalent from a foreign university with strong undergraduate preparation in the biological and physical sciences, including a full year each of general biology, general chemistry, organic chemistry, and physics. Other upper-division sciences and calculus are strongly recommended. Exceptions are considered by the faculty on an individual basis. The program reserves the right to decide on the equivalence of courses presented by the applicant.
(For a complete list of requirements see the University Catalog.)
IBGS 511, 512, 513 Cellular Mechanisms and Integrated Systems I, II, III (30)
IBGS 501 Biomedical Communication and Integrity (2)
IBGS 502 Biomedical Information and Statistics (2)
IBGS 503 Biomedical Grant Writing (2)
IBGS 605 Integrative Biology Presentation Seminar (4)
Microbiology-specific Courses
Elective courses in microbiology to equal 12 units. At least 4 units must be an immunology course and 6 units in other didactic literature-based course.
Religion/ethics: one course
Seminar: each quarter in residence
Comprehensive examination
Written examination
Oral defense of dissertation research proposal
Research on dissertation project
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