| Comprehensive Preliminary Examination. All students are required to take a written comprehensive preliminary examination at the end of the first academic year of residency in the graduate program. All required graduate courses from the first year common core curriculum and the elective modules in Drug Design and Development should be successfully completed by this time. The exam is developed by the students Ph.D. committee and is based, in part, on the area of specialization ( eg Medicinal Chemistry, Pharmaceutics, Pharmacokinetics, etc).
Candidacy. After successfully passing the comprehensive written preliminary examination, students must complete an NIH style research proposal and successfully defend the proposal to be considered for candidacy for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
Teaching. Students must serve as a teaching assistant in for a 1-2 year period.
Dissertation Requirements
Written Dissertation. The form of the dissertation will be decided by the graduate advisory committee and must be consistent with the School of Pharmcy Guidelines for Theses and Dissertations and guidelines published in the university graduate catalog. A copy of the dissertation draft must be delivered to the graduate advisory committee and to the departmental office at least two weeks prior to the defense of dissertation.
Defense of dissertation. Each student must present his/her research in an open seminar to the faculty of the University. Announcement of the Defense of Dissertation Seminar must be published in the university record three weeks prior to the examination date. Successful completion of this requirement of the program and conferral of the degree of Doctor of Philosophy is determined by a vote of the advisory committee and is subject to guidelines stated in the general graduate catalog of the university.
Conferral of degree. Completion of the final examination requires the conferral of the degree by the Graduate Advisory Committee. The student must also fulfill all of the appropriate deadlines and guidelines for graduation posted by the WVU Health Sciences Center Office of Research and Graduate Studies. |
