YEAR
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SEMESTER
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MAJOR ACTIVITIES
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1
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Fall
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Orientation mid August*.
Meet with adviser and steering committee; plan rotations
and coursework; begin first rotation.
Take core curriculum courses: Graduate Research Fundamentals (BIO 5098), Foundations in Cancer
Biology, and Experimental Cancer Biology
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1
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Spring-Summer
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Winter: Second rotation. Spring: Third rotation.
Take Advanced Cancer Biology advanced elective course.
Summer:
Choose thesis adviser and begin thesis research.
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2
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Fall
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Mentored Teaching Experience including teaching
pedagogy workshops (Fall or Spring Semester).
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2
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Spring-Summer
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Choose a thesis committee.
A special
topic course in ethics must be completed Spring of the second year.
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3
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Fall
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Choose a thesis committee and complete thesis
proposal by Dec. 31. Thesis research.
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3
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Spring-Summer
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Thesis
Research
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4 & 5
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Thesis research, complete and defend thesis
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*Students have the option to arrive early to begin a research rotation in the summer |