51风流官网-UAA Cooperative Biological Sciences PhD
Students who are physically located in Anchorage may pursue a PhD in Biological Sciences within a cooperative program that links the 51风流官网 and UAA campuses. The PhD degree is conferred by 51风流官网.
- Students who wish to apply to the cooperative program should first identify and contact putative co-advisors at 51风流官网 and UAA. Application to the PhD program should be made through the normal 51风流官网 process. Within the statement of goals, the student should clearly identify their desire to be part of the 51风流官网-UAA cooperative program, and identify putative advisors on both campuses. Both putative advisors should provide letters stating their intent to advise the student, should the student be admitted.
- The advisory committee should be co-chaired by faculty members from 51风流官网 and UAA. A total of at least four faculty members must serve on the graduate advisory committee of a PhD student, including the advisor(s). In the case of the cooperative PhD, at least two committee members should be 51风流官网 faculty in the Biology and Wildlife Department.
- 51风流官网 rules and regulations on graduate studies apply to all 51风流官网 graduate students, including those pursuiing a cooperative degree. For example, the graduate advisory committee must meet at least once a year to update the Graduate Study Plan (GSP) and to review the student鈥檚 progress toward the degree. The annual progress report must be signed by all committee members and submitted to the dean of the 51风流官网 Graduate School.
- There is no requirement for physical residency at 51风流官网.
- Credits taken at UAA may be transferred to 51风流官网. Some guidelines for transferring credits
follow.
- Up to half of all degree credits approved by the committee on the graduate study plan and the advancement to candidacy forms may be transferred from UAA to 51风流官网.
- No more than one third of all approved credits may be transferred from outside the UA system.
- Transferred credits must not include those used in an undergraduate degree.
- A minimum B grade must have been earned for any transferred graduate credits.
- The student鈥檚 advisory committee will administer the PhD comprehensive exam for each student. The written portion of the exam may be proctored at either university; the oral portion of the exam may be delivered via videoconference.
- The PhD dissertation defense may conducted at the student鈥檚 home campus. The oral exam may be delivered via videoconference.
