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  • Candidate Information

    Applications due by March 1
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  • Thesis

    Details
  • The overall thesis scientific content are subject to the approval of the student's faculty track coordinator for their biology major and the UPBM Faculty Committee.

    To qualify for candidacy, students must have developed a novel body of work from research data gathered through independent research, internships, and positions internal and external to the U of R as long as a UR Teaching Faculty member agrees to oversee the thesis writing and defense.


    The writing of the senior thesis must be derived from the data of research projects that are hypothesis-driven and non-clinical in nature (data not generated from patient studies).

    IMPORTANT: A copy of your thesis will need to be distributed to your committee members at least one week in advance of the date of the defense. Therefore, your committee will need time to prepare their evaluation. If the committee needs more time to prepare an assessment, please note that the defense is at risk of cancellation.
     
     

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  • Research Mentor

    Information
  • Research mentors must be a member of the U of R teaching faculty.

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  • Defense Committee

    Recommendations for Committee Members
  • SENIOR THESIS DEFENSE COMMITTEES:  

    A defense committee for a senior thesis consists of three UR faculty members who work within a relevant field of study and are qualified to examine the candidate's thesis.

    The selection of the faculty who will serve on the defense committee is a collaborative effort between the student, research mentors, and major advisors. However, the track coordinator for the student's major, will have the final approval of the members serving on the candidate's committee.

    The research mentor, will chair one of the three seats on the committee. However, the UBPM committee requires the candidates to work with their mentors to identify the names of one to two faculty members who can chair the other two seats on the committee who work within a relevant field of study and are members of the teaching faculty. It is up to the major advisor whether or not they will chair one of the seats on the committee.

     

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