Ph.D. students take a comprehensive examination in their third year of graduate study. Once they have completed their research, they write a thesis and defend it in a final oral examination. Depending on their mathematics background, entering students may take the following courses. Beyond the first year, all students present one seminar per year and enroll for 2 semester hours in the semester during which they present a seminar. Students should take Fortran before taking the elective course Adv.
Students choose electives according to their research problem and preferences.
Typical electives taken by pharmaceutics majors include the following. Students who wish to qualify for a teaching assistantship and whose primary language is not English must have their English proficiency tested and must receive the Evaluation for Teaching Assistantship Certification. Students who need to improve their language skills can benefit from taking the following courses.