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Requirements
Students must complete MATH 231 plus 12 credit hours
in mathematics courses numbered above 300, including:
• 3 credit hours in a
writing-intensive course
• 6 credit hours in courses numbered above 400
Graduate Study
Prospective graduate students are expected to have
adequate undergraduate preparation in linear algebra, advanced calculus,
and abstract algebra. Applicants must submit to the department their
scores for the GRE General Test; applicants for the graduate assistant
positions are strongly encouraged to submit scores for the subject test
in mathematics as well. The department requires a score of at least 650
on the quantitative section of the GRE General Test for admittance as a
regular student. The department requires a general examination of all
incoming graduate students for course placement purposes. This
diagnostic examination consists of two parts, algebra and analysis, and
is designed to evaluate the student’s command of undergraduate
mathematics in the areas of linear algebra, advanced calculus, and
abstract algebra.
Master’s Degree
Requirements
The department does not have a thesis option (Plan A)
for the MA, and most students will select Plan B. An exceptional student
may be admitted to Plan C at the discretion of the graduate chair. Plan
C does not require a specific number of credit hours, but Plan C
students are required to pass an oral examination in addition to the
written master’s exam.
Doctoral Degree
Requirements
For the PhD degree, the department requires that the
student show proficiency in two of the following languages: French,
German, Russian, or a computer language. Teaching experience is required
of all PhD students. To be admitted to PhD candidacy, the student must
satisfy the language requirements and pass three written examinations:
(a) linear algebra and abstract algebra; (b) real analysis and the basic
facts of complex analysis and general topology; and (c) a third field
chosen by the student with the approval of the graduate chair. All new
students in the PhD program shall complete a minimum of five mathematics
department courses numbered between 600 and 690, other than 611, 612,
621, 631, 632, 644, 645, 649. These five courses may be taken under the
CR/NC option. Exceptions: Up to two 3-credit 649 (alpha) seminars
(meeting three hours/week) may be substituted for (up to) two of these
required five courses, with the written approval of the graduate chair.
Also, with the written approval of the graduate chair, credit may be
given for equivalent courses taken in another mathematics department or
for graduate-level courses taken in another department that are
recommended by the student’s thesis adviser and directly related to
the dissertation topic; such credit for graduate courses taken in
another department is limited to a total of no more than two courses.
Microbiology
College of Natural Sciences
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Faculty
*P. Q. Patek, PhD
(Chair)--cellular immunology
*B. G. Adams, PhD--regulatory mechanisms and
genetics of eucaryotic microorganisms
*M. Alam, PhD--microbial physiology and biotechnology
*R. D. Allen, PhD--ultrastructure and cell biology
*J. T. Douglas, PhD--medical microbiology and infectious
diseases
*S. Kathariou, PhD--molecular genetics of virulence factors and
pathogenicity
*P. C. Loh, PhD--animal virology and animal cell culture
*F. M. Robert, PhD--microbial ecology and bioremediation
Cooperating Graduate Faculty
D. Borthakur, PhD--molecular genetics of nitrogen fixation
S. P. Chang, PhD--immunology, molecular biology, molecular approaches to
vaccine development
A. K. Fok, PhD--cell biology
R. S. Fujioka, PhD--environmental microbiology
D. M. Morens, PhD--epidemiology, viral pathogenesis
G. M. L. Patterson, PhD--industrial microbiology of blue-green algae
E. G. Ruby, PhD--molecular microbial physiology
*Graduate Faculty
Degrees Offered: BA in microbiology, BS in
microbiology, MS in microbiology, PhD in microbiology
The Academic Program
Microbiology (MICR) deals with micro-scopic forms of
life and their activities. Bacteria, algae, fungi, protozoa, and viruses
are included in this discipline. The field is diverse and concerns the
nature of microorganisms, as well as their interactions--both
advantageous and adverse-- with other organisms and with the
environment. Entire academic disciplines and commercial enterprises are
based on what microorganisms do. For example, the very forms that may
cause infectious diseases and epidemics may also support industries that
produce vaccines or antimicrobial agents. Microorganisms play an
essential role in the cycling of the limited supply of nutrients
available on Earth’s surface by decomposing plant residues and animal
remains and by being primary producers of food in the oceans. Many
microorganisms or their products may be eaten, drunk, used as fuel, or
carefully disposed of as undesirable. They may be used to clean up the
environment or controlled only with great effort to prevent corrosive,
obnoxious, or destructive activities that they may bring about.
Microbiology also deals with the physiology, biochemistry, genetics, and
molecular biology of microorganisms. Many of the advances in DNA
technology are mediated through bacteria, yeasts, and viruses; much of
what we know about metabolism in general comes from their study. |