Course Work: Students proceeding toward the PhD degree will follow one of the programs given below:
1) Students proceeding directly to the PhD. from an Honours B.Sc. degree will be expected to:
(a) comply with the general regulations.
(b) attend all departmental seminars in Biological Sciences (formal presentations of visiting speakers; graduate student seminars, thesis defense presentations and dissertation defense presentations) each year of full-time registration;
(c) present a departmental seminar in each year of enrollment (the dissertation defense may count as one of these);
(d) successfully complete a minimum of three (3) graduate courses. With the approval of the Doctoral Committee, courses may be in a cognate area;
(e) complete a dissertation embodying the results of an original investigation;
(f) defend the dissertation at a public lecture or seminar. Students recommended and approved for transfer into the PhD. program after having completed between 12 and 15 months and one course (1) with at least an A- grade of a M.Sc. degree in Biological Sciences at the University of Windsor will normally receive one credit during the M.Sc. program and require two more credits
at the PhD. level for a total of three (3) courses.
2) Students entering into a PhD. program with an M.Sc. degree will be expected to:
(a) comply with the general requirements;
(b) attend all departmental seminars in Biological Sciences (formal presentations of visiting speakers, graduate student seminars, thesis defense presentations and dissertation defense presentations) each year of full-time registration;
(c) present a departmental seminar in each year of enrollment (the dissertation defense may count as one of
these);
(d) successfully complete a minimum of two graduate courses which may be in a cognate area. With the approval of the Doctoral Committee, courses may be in a cognate area;
(e) complete a dissertation embodying the results of an original investigation;
(f) defend the dissertation at a public lecture or seminar.
