NIH Fogarty Foundation Sr. The requirements for the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees are delineated below. Physiology is an integrative discipline, and the frontier of physiological research is at the cell and molecular level. The curriculum also includes training in professional development, such as oral communication, grant writing, and ethics in research. Administered by the students thesis guidance committee at the completion of writing the master s thesis.
Students receive stipend support from their major advisors.
While no teaching is required of MS candidates, it is possible for these students to be involved in the teaching mission of the department. Administered by the student s thesis guidance committee before the student enters the third year of study. The comprehensive exam is based on the student s area of research. The Dissertation Exam is administered by the students thesis guidance committee at the completion of all research and submission of a written Ph.D. dissertation. After the first year, students receive stipend support from their major advisers for the duration of their Physiology graduate program.