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
- Doctor of Philosophy
- Credential class
- ceterms:DoctoralDegree
- CIP
- 26.0901
- Total credits (published)
- 66
- Credits (computed from items)
- 66
- Catalog edition
- 2026-2027
- Checklist type
- degree-program
Identifiers
- IPEDS UNITID
- 234030
- CourseShelf checklist
- CK_234030_cc11bf29
- CollegeTransfer.Net
- Institution Transfer Profile
- Source
- CourseShelf publish 59
Requirements to complete
Every course or condition the catalog lists, in the catalog's order.
Course requirements
0 items
Required core courses
major core · 11 items
- 5
- 5
- 1
- 2
- 2
- 2
- 5
- 1
- As published: “Physiology Preseminar Highlights (one-credit course, required each Fall and Spring semester)”4
- As published: “Physiology Research Seminar (one-credit course, required each Fall and Spring semester)”4
- As published: “Research in Progress (0.5-credit course, required each Fall and Spring semester)”2
Required additional courses
1 item
- or: OVPR 602 Responsible Scientific Conductor: OVPR 603 Responsible Conduct of Research1
Elective courses
electives · 9 items
- Select six credits from the following or as recommended by the graduate advisory committee and approved by the graduate program director:Not resolved to a course6
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 2
Dissertation research
1 item
- As published: “Directed Research in Physiology (variable credit course, required each semester)”26
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