The assignment varies according to the needs, professional goals, and competencies of the student, and increases in responsibility as the student progresses. The assignments require from ten to twenty hours of service per week. The general regulations of the Graduate School with respect to academic retention shall be followed. In addition, no course in which the grade is below C shall count toward the degree or fulfillment of any requirement, but the grade will be included in the grade point average. No more than five hours of C work in graduate courses will count toward the degree.
All students are subject to regular review by the department's graduate policies committee.
Those not attaining the minimum acceptable academic standards or who in any way fail to meet any other scheduled requirements or standards will be dropped as majors. It is strongly recommended that the student enroll in general seminars dealing with subjects other than the general area of emphasis being pursued. Those students who have not already taken a course in plant anatomy must include PLB 400-4 Plant Anatomy in their graduate degree program. Appeals Appeals for variations from the departmental graduate program must be presented in writing to the plant biology graduate faculty meeting as a committee of the whole. Appeals must receive approval from a majority of the total plant biology graduate faculty.