BGES Graduate Program Forms

Plan of Study Certification	Outline plan of courses and timeline to completion
MS Non-Thesis Committee Agreement	Designate Advisor and two exam committee members
MS Thesis and PhD Major Advisor Agreement	Designate Major Advisor for thesis and dissertation research
MS Thesis and PhD Committee Agreement	Designate Committee Members for thesis and dissertation research
PhD Request for a Candidacy Exam	To request an Examining Committee
PhD Dissertation Defense Committee Request	To request a Defense Committee for the Dissertation Defense, including approval of two external members
PhD Lab Teaching Certification	To document teaching in a lab as part of the doctoral requirements
PhD Lecture Teaching Certification	To document teaching in a lecture as part of the doctoral requirements
MS Thesis and PhD Completion of Research Certification	Advisory Committee approval of sufficient research
MS NT, Thesis and PhD Approval to schedule defense	Major Advisor approval of draft sufficient to schedule defense

MS Thesis and PhD Guidelines	Notes on format of the thesis and dissertation; (non-thesis MS research paper is like a term paper, not a bound thesis
Graduate Handbook	The BGES Graduate Handbook

PhD Candidacy Signature Form (Results of Candidacy Exam)	For the Examining Committee to document the results of the Candidacy Exam
PhD Defense Signature Form	For the Defense Committee to document the results of the dissertation defense
MS Thesis/Non-thesis Defense Signature Form	For the Advisory Committee to document the results of the masters defense
MS Non-Thesis Assessment	BIO 690 defense of project/library research paper
MS Thesis Assessment	Defense of masters thesis
PhD Dissertation Assessment	Defense of doctoral dissertation
Poster Assessment	Assessment of posters, e.g., at Research Day
Technique Assessment	Assessment of knowledge of basic techniques, done at the beginning and end of the graduate program

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