A checklist is the list of requirements to complete this program and receive the award, as the college publishes it in its catalog. It is the same for everyone. It does not say what you have completed; that comes from applying your own record.
Program
- Award
- Ph.D.
- Credential class
- ceterms:DoctoralDegree
- Catalog edition
- Rensselaer Catalog 2026-2027
- Checklist type
- degree-program
- Description
- Candidates for the Ph.D. must satisfy the requirements of the graduate program committee (GPC) as stated in the Graduate Program in Biochemistry and Biophysics handbook. In brief, entering students must either complete BCBP 4760 or have had the equivalent as part of their previous education. In their first year, students must pass the year-long Biology Core Course (with a B or better). The Core Course also serves as a qualifying exam. In addition, students must complete graduate (6000 level) versions of three 4-credit BCBP module courses (with a B or better). Entering students must undertake three research rotations during the first year of study. These research rotations must be carried out with faculty members selected from the list of participating faculty. Two of the three faculty members selected to direct these research rotations must be based in different departments. After completing two research rotations, a thesis adviser must be chosen from the list of participating faculty by the end of the second semester. A seminar must be presented, and a candidacy exam completed, by the end of the second year of study.
Identifiers
- IPEDS UNITID
- 194824
- CourseShelf checklist
- CK_194824_3ef655f0
- CollegeTransfer.Net
- Institution Transfer Profile
- Source
- CourseShelf publish 61
Requirements to complete
Every course or condition the catalog lists, in the catalog's order.
Source. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, catalog Rensselaer Catalog 2026-2027 — https://catalog.rpi.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=34&poid=10202&returnto=938. Captured page pages/0118.html.gz. Assembled from the institution's published catalog as captured; every record names its captured page and source URL. Assembled, not asserted.