Such an instance constitutes one attempt. No more than one additional attempt may be permitted without approval of the Graduate Council. The circumstances under which a second attempt involves the entire written portion or merely a repetition of failed sections is governed by the policy within the program. The final oral examination for the Ph.D. degree will be a defense of the candidate's dissertation. The Department of Entomology supports graduate study and development in numerous ways.
Stipends are available as graduate research, teaching, curatorial and extension assistantships.
Department faculty successfully secure research grants from federal agencies, commodity commissions, agribusiness corporations, and private foundations, which fund many graduate students on research assistantships. The department also supports two teaching assistantships, one extension assistantship and several research assistantships. The level of financial support is essentially the same for students regardless of the source. Check with the department for current rates. The stipends normally increase each year.