Thesis and/or Dissertation

Each graduate student in the program will work on a bioinformatics thesis project under dual mentorship of the program faculty. It is expected that the student will meet at least annually with the committee to update the members on his or her progress. As a partial fulfillment for the Ph.D. degree, the student will submit a complete dissertation to be evaluated by a doctoral committee chosen by his or her mentors in consultation with the bioinformatics steering committee. The doctoral dissertation will be submitted to each member of the doctoral committee at least four weeks before the final examination. The student will defend his or her final thesis after the committee's evaluation and will pass or fail depending on the committee's decision.