Contact Information: Department of Biological Sciences 107 Irvine Hall Athens, OH, 45701 Voice: 740-593-2290 Fax: 740-593-0300
The Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Program (EEB) is within the Department of Biological Sciences and is an interdisciplinary program involving faculty and students from the Departments of Biological Sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences and the Department of Biomedical Sciences in the College of Osteopathic Medicine. The guidelines in this document are for MS students in EEB and comply with the departmental by-laws and university graduate guidelines. However, this document defines specific time-lines, course requirements, breadth requirements and examination formats for students in the EEB graduate program. These guidelines were established by the EEB faculty to ensure that all students in our program receive broad-based training in ecology, morphology, and evolution. Students should view these guidelines as a time schedule to be completed as reasonable progress toward their degree. Failure to meet the following guidelines can result in dismissal from the program.
Students entering the EEB program should consider themselves colleagues in the EEB focus group and take an active role as members of the program. The EEB faculty believe firmly that a vital component of a student’s training is the interaction and collaboration with all members of the program, including undergraduate and graduate students. Similarly, students are encouraged to interact and collaborate with faculty and students that are not in EEB. The student’s advisor will help in the formulation of a thesis project; however, the student is expected to identify a topic of mutual interest appropriate for their research. The faculty strongly believe that, with their help, students should develop an independent research program that defines them as scientists.