The Master's Degree To be accepted as a student in the Master's program, the applicant must have completed a baccalaureate degree. After completion of the Master's program, students may apply for entrance into the doctoral program . The Master's Program 1. Completion of additional courses selected by the student and the advisor. This application will be forwarded by the Graduate Director to the Health Sciences Divisional Committee for approval.
Appropriate forms are available in the department office.
Research or Special Project A. Research 1. Completion of a research Master's requires that a written thesis describing experimental work be submitted. The thesis must be submitted to the student's committee at least three weeks before the scheduled defense. This committee is to be assembled soon after the area of research is decided upon so that the committee can have an active role in advising the student regarding the research. After the research defense, the student must submit two bound copies of the thesis to the Graduate School and one bound copy to the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, arranged in the format required by the Graduate by the Graduate School.