植物生物学.D. 论文
论文 Committee
The 论文 Committee will advise the student of courses and requirements, conduct the comprehensive exam, approve the dissertation research proposal, 并进行Ph.D. exam for approval of the dissertation.
The committee will be chaired by the student’s adviser and must have at least four tenure-track faculty, at least two (2) from 植物生物学 and a 研究生 教师 Representative of the College of Arts & 科学.
- The 研究生 教师 Representative cannot be a faculty member in the Department of 环境 & 植物生物学 and must be approved by the Dean of the College of Arts & 科学.
- Names must be submitted 到研究生主席 for Approval (论文 Committee and 教师 Representative Information CAS#5 [PDF]) and submission to the Dean of the College of Arts & 科学.
论文的建议
The dissertation proposal must describe a comprehensive, multi-study research project.
The student must meet with her or his dissertation committee no later than the end of the fourth academic semester to discuss the proposal.
- This meeting should, but does not necessarily need to be, a formal meeting for proposal approval.
- The purpose of this meeting is to determine research direction and progress and to offer constructive criticism and suggestions on proposal improvement.
The dissertation committee must unanimously approve the research proposal by signing the PBIO Proposal Defense Form. The form should be presented 到研究生主席 along with a hard copy of the proposal.
If the research project changes substantively (i.e., hypothesis or experimental design), the student must submit an updated proposal and seek approval of 该委员会.
An approved proposal will make the student eligible to take the comprehensive exam.
Ph.D. 论文
The student should meet once a semester with each committee member for informal progress reports.
- The committee must have the option to review a chapter prior to submission for publication. Review turnaround time is four (4) weeks.
The dissertation must use the format provided by the 论文 and 论文 Services (TAD) by using the template provided by TAD.
Ph值.D. 论文 must be submitted to 该委员会 at least two weeks (i.e. 14 days) before the examination date. The committee must approve the examination date.
The dissertation will be orally defended in a formal, public presentation (e.g. PBIO讨论会). After the public presentation, 该委员会 will conduct a closed-door defense to thoroughly evaluate the quality of the research. At this time, 该委员会 will provide constructive comments to improve unsatisfactory sections.
- 植物生物学.D. students, this public presentation defense can be the student’s forth PBIO 6970.
- The student should obtain copies of the 研究生 Seminar/Final Seminar Critique Form from the departmental website and distribute them to his or her committee.
The oral defense must be approved unanimously, as evidenced by presenting a committee signed CAS#8 Report on the Oral 论文 Examination Defense [PDF] 到研究生主席.
- If a student receives only two passes, 该委员会, adviser and student should work together in an attempt to satisfy the dissenting opinion via revision or additional work.
- If a student receives less than two passes, a report of the thesis examination (indicating that the student has failed) will be submitted and the student will be dismissed from the graduate program.
A PDF of the finalized thesis will be submitted to TAD, along with CAS#8