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GRADUATE HANDBOOK
Table of Contents
PREFACE
This document contains information useful to both graduate
students and faculty. It lists and defines requirements and responsibilities for our
graduate degree programs. It also provides details on such "fringe benefits" as
departmental funding of graduate research expenses and travel to present a paper at one
professional meeting per year. Nevertheless, it might be incomplete, and you are invited
to suggest topics to be added and/or clarified in future editions.
The degree program guidelines are designed to ensure
that students progress toward earning a degree in a timely fashion.
- Students may complete the requirements in
the departmental Graduate Guide of the year in which they enter FSU or those of
any subsequent year's Guide. Students may not combine requirements from different years except
at the discretion of the Associate Chairman (see below) and then only for sound academic
reasons presented in advance. Please note that the Department may have additional, or more
stringent, requirements than are stated in the 2007-2009 FSU Graduate Bulletin.
Continuing students who are unsure of their requirements should consult with the Graduate
Office.
- Students are expected to satisfy all requirements within the
specified time lines, except when it is impossible to do so for reasons beyond their
control. In such cases, which should be identified in advance, the Associate Chairman can
exercise discretionary authority either to waive the requirement or to approve an
extension or substitution. The Associate Dean of Students in the College of Arts and
Sciences also has discretionary authority, but only with regard to college requirements (e.g.,
extension of academic probation).
- Finally, and certainly not least, we want you to know that we
wish each of you every success in what will be an exciting and rewarding graduate
experience, and that we are available at all times to serve in the facilitation
of your career.
GRADUATE GUIDE to the
Graduate Program in Biological Science
Florida State University 2007-2009
Departmental Graduate Office
202 Conradi Building
(850) 644-3023
Dr. George W. Bates, Associate Chair
Judy Bowers, Coordinator
bowers@bio.fsu.edu
Rita Sherrod, Sr. Clerk
rsherrod@bio.fsu.edu
(850) 644-4783
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