Academic:Plan
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[edit] Overview
As a GBCB student, you are required to file a plan of study with the program, generally in your second or third year. The breadth of the program is such that there is no concrete plan that applies to all students. You should work closely with your advisor, the GBCB program liaison, and your dissertation committee (once you have one in place) to determine your own personal plan.
a sample plan timeline is being developed...
[edit] Completing the Core GBCB Courses
All students must take the following: STS 5444 Bioethics
[edit] Forming a Dissertation Committee
[edit] Filing a Plan of Study
[edit] Defense of Research Proposal
Sometimes also called the preliminary exam. There are two steps to this process:
- A research proposal outlining your research goals
- An oral defense of your research proposal
Your written research proposal must follow the standard Image:Nih-template.doc format. The GBCB Program Info document has this to say on the subject of the research proposal:
- "During the period of time between the end of the third year and end of the fourth year of study, each student must prepare a dissertation research plan and give an oral defense of that plan and the scientific foundations on which it is based. The dissertation research plan is expected to be a refinement of the initial research plan presented at the end of the second year. It is to be prepared in an NIH-style format and should provide a clearly defined description of the research the student plans to complete in fulfilling the research requirement of the Ph.D. The oral defense of the plan, which constitutes the preliminary examination, will include questions both directly related to the proposal as well as more general questions that examine the student’s knowledge of fundamental principles."[1]
