In addition to completing the Graduate Admissions Office forms, applicants are required to complete a departmental application form , which should be sent directly to the department. All communications with the department, including requests for brochures and for the departmental forms, should be sent to Chair, Graduate Admissions Committee, Department of Biomathematics. Admission to the doctoral program follows admission to the Graduate Division and approval by the departmental graduate admissions committee. Advising All faculty are accessible to students for individualized instruction and informal counseling. Students are assigned a major adviser, most likely the chair of the advising committee, and possibly additional special advisers to aid in specific aspects of training.
Students meet with their major adviser at least once a quarter.
Doctoral students' dissertation committees replace the previous advisers as soon as the committee is formed. Dissertation committee membership must be approved by the advising committee chair and department chair. Major Fields or Subdisciplines Students must complete the requirements for a field of special emphasis in biology. Presently approved fields of special emphasis for which courses of study have been developed include genetics , immunology , molecular biology , neurosciences , pharmacology , and physiology . Others may be added in response to requests from students.