Doctor of Philosophy (Biochemistry)

Program Core Competencies

The following are the program-specific requirements to satisfy the FoMD’s Program Core Competencies (See FoMD Program Core Competencies ):

1. Professional Development and Ethics

See GPS Ethics and Academic Citizenship Requirement and Professional Development Requirement .

2. Communication

Required:

And one of

3. Critical Reading/Thinking

All Biochemistry graduate students are required to take at least one of:

4. Background Knowledge

In addition to one of the above courses in critical reading/thinking, students in the Biochemistry PhD program are required to complete a second course at the 500- or 600-level that may be selected from the above listing or from the following:

BIOCH 510 - Signal Transduction
BIOCH 520 - Protein Chemistry, Structure, and Function
BIOCH 525 - Proteomics
BIOCH 530 - Biochemistry of Eukaryotic Gene Expression
BIOCH 541 - Structure and Function of Biological Membranes
BIOCH 565 - Methods in Molecular Biophysics
This may also be fulfilled by taking relevant Graduate level courses from other departments if approved by the supervisor and Director of Graduate Studies for the Department of Biochemistry.

PhD Thesis Proposal

See FoMD PhD Thesis Proposal and Thesis Proposal Meeting .

Candidacy Exam

See FoMD Doctoral Candidacy Examination .

Thesis

Registration in 900-level THES. Students are required to prepare and defend a thesis on a topic approved by their supervisor and supervisory committee.

Length of Program

See FoMD Minimum Length of Time in Program .

See GPS Time Limit for Completion of Graduate Programs .