Campus research units with which the division has cooperative research programs include the Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center, the Research Reactor Center, the Laboratory for Biological Control of Insects, the Cancer Research Center, the Eye Research Center and the Agricultural Experiment Station Laboratories. Divisional faculty have ready access to the campus computing network and microcomputers in their laboratories. Back to the top. Each candidate for the master's degree is required to complete a minimum of 30 hours of credit beyond the bachelor's degree, selected from courses carrying graduate credit and including the Professional Survival Skills Course and at least one other course in which the candidate will present a seminar. Candidates also must satisfactorily complete a research project, a thesis and an oral thesis defense.
Most students require two years to complete the work for a master's degree.
Back to the top. Each candidate for the doctoral degree is required to complete a minimum of 72 hours of credit beyond the bachelor's degree, selected from courses carrying graduate credit and including the Professional Survival Skills Course and at least two other courses in which the candidate will present a seminar. Candidates must satisfactorily complete a written comprehensive examination, a research project, a dissertation and an oral dissertation defense. Requirements for the Ph.D. degree are generally completed in four or five years. Back to the top.