For PhD students, a Supervisory Committee, which determines the program, is appointed consisting of at least three faculty members, with at least one from the Department of Mathematics and at least one from another participating department. Substitutions for courses for which the student has prior credit must be approved by the advisor. Return to Contents Curriculum . The core curriculum includes 5 courses to be satisfied by all students. Remaining courses are chosen from a list of options, depending on the student's interest.
Students also participate in seminars and workshops.
The 36 semester hours of required courses leave some time within two years for the student to take undergraduate courses in areas where the student needs extra preparation. The student coming to the program from Mathematics, Computer Science or Statistics undergraduate majors, for example, may need to take the undergraduate genetics course in their first term. Return to Contents Requirements . PhD and Master's students in Biomedical Mathematics complete 36 hours of approved coursework, of which at least five 3-hour courses must be in the Department of Mathematics. Students completing this coursework are awarded a Master's degree.