Applicants are expected to have completed a bachelor's degree in biological or physical sciences. Students also must include a description of their specific area of interest in physiology, their research interests and the name of one or more departmental faculty whom they wish to consider as a potential research mentor. Admission to the thesis plan is approved only if a departmental faculty member is identified who is willing to serve as the applicant's research mentor. Applicants are encouraged to communicate directly with the faculty, including through a personal interview. Advising Students are responsible for becoming acquainted with the departmental faculty and for identifying at the time of application a potential research mentor.
Students form an advisory committee by the end of the first quarter of academic residence.
Advisory committee membership consists of the research mentor and two or more regular series faculty, one of which must hold an appointment within the department. Areas of Study Consult the department. Foreign Language Requirement None. Elective coursework is selected by the student and the student's research mentor with approval by the graduate affairs committee. All coursework must be completed by the end of the second year.