Composition of Program Committee

Composition of Program Committee –The Director of the MCB Program will advise the student as to first year course work and the selection of internship advisors until a major professor and the Ph.D. program committees are selected.  Students without a completed master’s degree are required to have selected a major professor, met with their Ph.D. program committee, and filed their Ph.D. program by the end of their fifth term of enrollment.  For students with a completed master’s degree, the deadline is the end of one calendar year of enrollment.
    In accordance with Graduate School guidelines, the Ph.D. program committee will consist of at least five graduate faculty members.  A minimum of two of these members should be participants in the MCB program and one of the five must be the Graduate Council Representative selected from a list provided by the Graduate School.  To find the list of current faculty members, who are potential Graduate Council Representatives, call, email or go to the Graduate School office. Minors are no longer required for the Ph.D., but if the student chooses to have a minor, one committee member must be from the minor department or program and may not be a member of the MCB Program.  An integrated minor (consisting of course work with a single theme but from 2 or more departments) is also possible.
    MCB students are expected to hold an annual committee meeting with their thesis advisory committee.  All Committee members (except for the Graduate Council Representative) should try to attend.  The program meeting (see below) and the oral qualifying examination meeting count towards this requirement in the years they occur (and the Graduate Council Representative will be in attendance).