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Graduate Record 2016-2017 
    
Graduate Record 2016-2017 [ARCHIVED RECORD]

Microbiology


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Jordan Hall
University of Virginia
P.O. Box 800734
Charlottesville, VA 22908-0734
(434) 243-2776
https://mic.med.virginia.edu/


Degree Requirements


The student’s course selection will be made to fulfill MIC PhD and NIH training program requirements. The basic requirements for a Microbiology degree are as follows:

  • BIMS 6000 Core Course in Integrative Bioscience
  • Four (4) advanced modules (At least 2 of these must be MIC specific modules – see below)
  • BIMS 7100 Research Ethics
  • MICR 8006 Continuing Colloquium in Microbiology (primary literature is read, presented, and discussed)
  • MICR 8000/8001 Seminars in Microbiology (Attendance at weekly MIC Departmental Seminars is required for 4 semesters during years 1-3 of the Microbiology PhD studies)

Six week modular courses may be taken concurrently and/or sequentially.  All coursework can potentially be completed in the first year of graduate studies, or students and their mentors may choose to spread the coursework over the second and third years.

Students can formally enroll in classes offered by BIMS/SOM basic sciences departments and across Grounds throughout their tenure as a graduate student. It is necessary, however, to obtain permission from your mentor before enrolling in any formal coursework outside of your degree requirements.

MIC Specific Modules:

MIC Qualifying Exam

Toward the end of the second year, each student must prepare a written document and orally defend the detailed research proposal in the form of a “qualifying exam.” Ph.D. candidates are required to successfully prepare and defend the proposal before July 1st of the second year in order to remain in good standing as a Ph.D. candidate, and to continue receiving financial support from the Department. MSTP students are required to successfully prepare and defend the proposal before Oct. 1st of the first grad-year. One of the faculty with a primary microbiology appointment (not your mentor) should serve as the chairperson or first-reader of the committee. The student’s mentor will be an essentially silent member of the committee during the oral defense of the qualifying exam.

It is not uncommon for a proposal to require revision, and perhaps a second committee meeting, before a student is passed into candidacy. Any need for revision is considered a “qualified pass”. Successful completion of the Qualifying Exam and any revisions allows the student to advance to candidacy for the Ph.D. degree. Those not admitted to candidacy may, on approval of the MIC faculty, be permitted to complete the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Biological and Physical Science.

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