Students should have up to a total of 15 semester hours of enrollment (9 semester hour minimum) for each semester. Other electives may be included as desired. Most students will also TA either BIOL:1411 or BIOL:1412 during the spring semester.

PhD students should add research hours to reach 15 semester hours total in each of their first four semesters.

PhD students should add research hours to reach 15 semester hours total in each of their first four semesters.

The following courses are considered advanced lecture courses to satisfy the 6 semester hour course requirement for the iBio graduate program (PhD and MS). These courses must be 3000-level or higher and must be designed primarily for seniors and graduate students. Any lecture courses used to make up for undergraduate deficiencies (e.g., physics, biochemistry, or fundamental genetics) and other specialized introductory courses (e.g., Cell Biology BIOL:2723, Ecology BIOL:2673) are not counted towards the advanced lecture requirement. The list below is not exhaustive and students are encouraged to seek out other appropriate courses in consultation with their advisor and the Director of Graduate Studies.

All continuing iBio students (PhD and MS) must enroll in the COSMOS Fall Graduate seminar series (1 semester hour) each fall semester and must participate by giving research seminars as scheduled.

In the spring semester of the second year, all iBio students (PhD and MS) must enroll in:

In addition to "Seminar: Writing in Natural Sciences (BIOL: 6188)," PhD students must enroll in 3 (and MS students in 2) more seminar courses during their graduate career. This count would include "COSMOS Seminar (BIOL: 6298)" taken for 2 semester hours in the second semester/spring of the first year in residence.

Because the topics in both the fall and spring 2 semester hour offerings of "COSMOS Seminar (BIOL: 6298)" will change each time it is offered, these courses can be taken several times to meet the seminar requirement.