1. Typical “Timeline” for PhD program
Year 1, Fall
Life Science 1, 3 credits
Math Course 1, 3 credits
Statistics, 3 credits
BIOENG 2900 (grant writing,) 1 credit
BioE Seminar, 1 credit
BIOENG 3997, 4 credits
Year 1, Spring
Life Science 2, 3 credits
Track Course 1, 3 credits
BIOENG 3997, 8 credits
(PhD Preliminary Exam taken in summer after the first full year of graduate study has been completed.)
Year 2, Fall
Teaching Practicum 1, 1 credit
Elective 1, 3 credits
Track Course 2, 3 credits
Year 2, Spring
Track Course 3, 3 credits
Elective 2, 3 credits
Non-BioE Seminar, 1 credit
BIOENG 3997, 7 credits
Year 3, Fall
BioE Ethics 3 credits
Non-BioE Seminar 1 credit
TA Practicum 2 ,1 credit
BIOENG 3997, 10 credits
PhD Proposal Defense to occur after this term.
Year 3, Spring
BioE 3999* 14 credits
BioE seminar 1 credit
FTDH for every semester afterward
*The taking of BIOENG 3999 assumes that the student completed their proposal/comprehensive exam on the Fall of his/her 3rd year of PhD study.