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Dec 03, 2024
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2021-2022 Graduate Catalog ARCHIVED CATALOG: CONTENT MAY NOT BE CURRENT. USE THE DROP DOWN ABOVE TO ACCESS THE CURRENT CATALOG.
Doctor of Philosophy - Biological Sciences
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Plan Description
The School of Life Sciences (SoLS) offers a Ph.D. program in Cell and Molecular Biology, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Integrative Physiology, Microbiology and Quantitative Biology and Bioinformatics. This degree is research intensive and is designed to prepare students for careers in academia, government, or industry. Students complete a minimum of 60 credits from a list of core and approved courses within their section. In addition, students are typically a Teaching Assistant (TA) for at least one semester. It is expected that students will first-author at least one peer-reviewed journal article.
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Plan Admission Requirements
Application deadlines
Applications available on the UNLV Graduate College website.
Applications for fall admission that are completed by the posted deadline will be given priority for state-funded graduate assistantships. Admission is based on a combination of criteria that may differ from one year to another, however, most successful applicants have a minimum of a 3.0 undergraduate grade point average (junior and senior years). Students interested in enrolling in the Quantitative Biology and Bioinformatics (Subplan 5) must have taken two semester-long biology classes prior to admission. Decisions for fall applicants will be made by April 1 if not sooner.
Applications are not considered complete unless they contain:
- A completed Graduate College Application with Official transcripts and three Letters of Recommendation.
- A two-page personal statement describing why the applicant wishes to obtain a Ph.D. in biological sciences.
All domestic and international applicants must review and follow the Graduate College Admission and Registration Requirements.
Students are accepted into a degree program as described in the Graduate Catalog. The faculty and corresponding sub-disciplines and sub-plans within the described programs are subject to change at any time.
Subplan 1 Requirements: Post-Bachelor’s - Cellular and Molecular Biology
Total Credits Required: 60
Required Courses – Credits: 9
Complete 9 credits from the following list of courses: Didactic Courses – Credits: 9
Complete 9 credits of advisor-approved didactic courses. Seminar Courses – Credits: 6
Complete 6 credits from the following course: Elective Courses – Credits: 23
Complete 23 credits of advisor-approved independent study, colloquium, seminar, or didactic courses. Dissertation – Credits: 12
Degree Requirements
- Complete a minimum of 60 credits beyond the undergraduate degree. At least 24 of these credits (excluding dissertation) must be completed at the 700-level.
- Dissertation credits may be repeated for credit as needed, but only 12 credits may be counted towards the 60 credits minimum graduation requirement.
- Students must complete the specific didactic course work required. See SoLS’s Graduate Student Handbook http://sols.unlv.edu/current.html for specific requirements.
- Students working on their dissertation must register for at least 3 credits each semester (excluding summer) until the Dissertation is completed and given final approval.
Subplan 2 Requirements: Post-Bachelor’s - Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Total Credits Required: 60
Didactic Courses – Credits: 18
Complete 18 credits of advisor-approved didactic courses. Seminar Courses – Credits: 6
Complete 6 credits from any combination of the following courses: Elective Courses – Credits: 23
Complete 23 credits of advisor-approved independent study, colloquium, seminar, or didactic courses. Dissertation – Credits: 12
Degree Requirements
- Complete a minimum of 60 credits beyond the undergraduate degree. At least 24 of these credits (excluding dissertation) must be completed at the 700-level.
- Dissertation credits may be repeated for credit as needed, but only 12 credits may be counted towards the 60 credits minimum graduation requirement.
- Students must complete the specific didactic course work required. See SoLS’s Graduate Student Handbook http://sols.unlv.edu/current.html for specific requirements.
- Students working on their dissertation must register for at least 3 credits each semester (excluding summer) until the Dissertation is completed and given final approval.
Subplan 3 Requirements: Post-Bachelor’s - Integrative Physiology
Total Credits Required: 60
Didactic Courses – Credits: 18
Complete 18 credits of advisor-approved didactic courses. Seminar Courses – Credits: 6
Complete 6 credits from the following course: Elective Courses – Credits: 23
Complete 23 credits of advisor-approved independent study, colloquium, seminar, or didactic courses.
Dissertation – Credits: 12
Degree Requirements
- Complete a minimum of 60 credits beyond the undergraduate degree. At least 24 of these credits (excluding dissertation) must be completed at the 700-level.
- Dissertation credits may be repeated for credit as needed, but only 12 credits may be counted towards the 60 credits minimum graduation requirement.
- Students must complete the specific didactic course work required. See SoLS’s Graduate Student Handbook http://sols.unlv.edu/current.html for specific requirements.
- Students working on their dissertation must register for at least 3 credits each semester (excluding summer) until the Dissertation is completed and given final approval.
Subplan 4 Requirements: Post-Bachelor’s - Microbiology
Total Credits Required: 60
Required Courses – Credits: 3
Complete 3 credits from the following list of courses: Didactic Courses – Credits: 15
Complete 15 credits of advisor-approved didactic courses. Seminar Courses – Credits: 6
Complete 6 credits from any combination of the following courses: Elective Courses – Credits: 23
Complete 23 credits of advisor-approved independent study, colloquium, seminar, or didactic courses.
Dissertation – Credits: 12
Degree Requirements
- Complete a minimum of 60 credits beyond the undergraduate degree. At least 24 of these credits (excluding dissertation) must be completed at the 700-level.
- Dissertation credits may be repeated for credit as needed, but only 12 credits may be counted towards the 60 credits minimum graduation requirement.
- Students must complete the specific didactic course work required. See SoLS’s Graduate Student Handbook http://sols.unlv.edu/current.html for specific requirements.
- Students working on their dissertation must register for at least 3 credits each semester (excluding summer) until the Dissertation is completed and given final approval.
Subplan 5 Requirements: Post Bachelor’s - Quantitative Biology and Bioinformatics
Total Credits Required: 60
Required Courses - Credits: 6
Complete 6 credits from the following list of courses: Didactic courses - Credits: 12
Complete 12 credits of advisor-approved didactic courses. Seminar Courses – Credits: 6
Complete 6 credits from the following course: Elective Courses – Credits: 23
Complete 23 credits of advisor-approved independent study, colloquium, seminar, core, or didactic courses. Dissertation – Credits: 12
Degree Requirements
- Complete a minimum of 60 credits beyond the undergraduate degree. At least 24 of these credits (excluding dissertation) must be completed at the 700-level.
- Dissertation credits may be repeated for credit as needed, but only 12 credits may be counted towards the 60 credits minimum graduation requirement.
- Students must complete the specific didactic course work required. See SoLS’s Graduate Student Handbook http://sols.unlv.edu/current.html for specific requirements.
- Students working on their dissertation must register for at least 3 credits each semester (excluding summer) until the Dissertation is completed and given final approval.
Subplan 6 Requirements: Post-Master’s
Total Credits Required: 30
Seminar Courses – Credits: 6
Complete 6 credits from the following courses: Didactic Courses – Credits: 11
Complete 11 credits of advisor-approved didactic courses. Dissertation – Credits: 12
Degree Requirements
- Complete a minimum of 30 credits when entering the program with a master’s degree from another institution. At least 9 of these credits must be completed at the 700-level.
- Dissertation credits may be repeated for credit as needed, but only 12 credits may be counted towards the 30 credits minimum graduation requirement.
- Students must complete the didactic course work required by the Section (e.g., Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cell and Molecular Biology, Microbiology, and Integrative Physiology) to which they belong. See SoLS’s Graduate Student Handbook http://sols.unlv.edu/current.html for specific requirements.
- Students working on their dissertation must register for at least three (3) credits each semester (excluding summer) until the Dissertation is completed and given final approval.
Plan Graduation Requirements
- The student must submit all required forms to the Graduate College as well as apply for graduation up to two semesters prior to completing their degree requirements.
- The student must submit and successfully defend their dissertation by the posted deadline. The defense must be advertised and is open to the public.
- After the dissertation defense, the student must electronically submit a properly formatted pdf copy of their dissertation to the Graduate College for format check. Once the dissertation format has been approved by the Graduate College, the student will submit the approved electronic version to ProQuest. Deadlines for dissertation defenses, format check submissions, and the final ProQuest submission can be found here.
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