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Departmental Seminar in Graduate Training
Departmental Seminar (often called "Graduate Seminar") consists of approximately one seminar weekly during the fall and spring semesters, given by speakers invited from off-campus, as well as faculty, postdoctoral students, and graduate students from within our Department or other departments on campus. Most presentations are Tuesdays and Thursdays at 11:15 a.m. in N201 Morrill IV.
All graduate students are required to attend Departmental Seminar. This includes Ph.D. candidates and M.S. candidates, including 5th year M.S. candidates. All faculty are also expected to attend. All graduate students in residence, with the exception of Ph.D. candidates who are enrolled in continuous enrollment, are required to register for Departmental Seminar, Microbiology 791A. Ph.D. students typically register for continuous enrollment after they have passed their comprehensive ("preliminary") examination and completed the required 18 credits of dissertation (Micbio 899); that is, usually at the beginning of the 6th semester. A public seminar presenting the dissertation is a required part of completing a Ph.D. Before you present a Departmental Seminar, read the Suggestions for Graduate Seminar Presentations.
Oral presentation of research in progress in Departmental Seminar is an important component of developing effective scientific communication skills and obtaining constructive criticism, as well as informing the local microbiology community about the range of work being conducted. Ph.D. candidates are expected to present their research in Departmental Seminar annually. Those who first completed an M.S. here may have sufficient data to present in the first year of their Ph.D. program, while those who were not doing research here prior to starting their Ph.D. studies will typically give their first seminar in their third or fourth semester. M.S. candidates are encouraged to present whenever they have sufficient data.
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