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Graduate School/Research
Students interest in continuing on to graduate school in order to pursue a career in research should select an area of focus and develop as strong a background as possible. They should obtain information about the area of focus from faculty who teach classes or are conducting research in that particular area of focus. In addition, they should obtain information from the Graduate School Advisory Committee.
Graduate School Advisory Committee
The Graduate School Advisory Committee provides information and guidance to students interested in attending graduate school at both at the Masters and Ph.D. levels. The committee's advice supplements that provided by your biology advisor, and both should be consulted. Students interested in graduate work should consult members of the GSAC for advice on topics such as taking standardized tests (e.g., GREs), fulfilling requirements, and the like.
Since the application process for graduate studies is very different for different fields, the advisory committee cannot provide advice in all fields. For example, in ecology, to be accepted in to a Ph.D. program a student must be associated with a professor in that program, while in molecular biology a student is usually not expected to be associated with a professor before being accepted. Therefore, students interested in graduate work should consult not only the committee, but also any and all faculty members who may be able to provide additional information. Individual faculty need to be asked to write letters of recommendation. Unlike medical schools, graduate schools do not accept composite letters.
If you are interested in graduate school be sure to watch for announcements in the Fall for the graduate school informational meeting of the Biological Society, which is attended by members of the Graduate School Advisory Committee, and the "How to Get involved in Research" meeting sponsored by TriBeta. Remember - it's never too early to start looking ahead.
Members of the committee include :
Botany, Ecology & Environmental Studies
- Dr. Janet Morrison BI 227
- Mr. David Rose BI 119
Genetics, Genetic Counseling, and Developmental Biology
- Dr. Marcia O'Connell BI 228
- Dr. Steven Klug BI 239
Organismal Biology, Physiology, and Cellular and Molecular Biology
- Dr. Jim Bricker BI 116
- Dr. Don Lovett BI 129
- Dr. Amanda Norvell BI 131
