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PhD Requirements
A PhD requires 32 graded credits per Graduate School requirements. - 20 of these credits must be graded academic credits*
- 13 of the 20 graded academic credits will be taken from METC Graded Core Academic Courses
- 625 (3), 626 (3), 631 (3), 634 (1), 800 (1), and 812 (2)
- 7 of the graded 20 academic credits will be taken according to the recommendation of your advisor and research advisory committee
- The remaining credits will be based upon work accomplished in 990-Research
*Note: Work done at another institution may be eligible to fulfill this requirement. You must discuss this with the program director during orientation week.
Twenty credits in graduate level courses must be earned. Entering students whose highest degree is at the B.S. or B.A. level normally direct their full efforts to attaining the Ph.D. degree without acquiring a M.S. degree in the process.
Core Curriculum
The core curriculum in Molecular and Environmental Toxicology consists of the courses listed below in which students are required to earn a grade of B or better.
Molecular and Environmental Toxicology 625, Toxicology I (3 cr.)
Molecular and Environmental Toxicology 626, Toxicology II (3 cr.)
Molecular and Environmental Toxicology 634, Ecotoxicology: Impacts on Populations, Communities and Ecosystems(1 cr.)
Molecular and Environmental Toxicology 631, Toxicants in the Environment (3 cr.)
Molecular and Environmental Toxicology 800, Seminar (1 cr. Students take Seminar every Fall and Spring.)
Surgical Sciences 812 Research Ethics and Career Development (2 cr.)
Graded core curriculum courses generally will account for 13 of the 20 graduate-level credits that Molecular and Environmental Toxicology Ph.D. students must earn. Ph.D. students are required to take a minimum of 7 additional graded, graduate-level credits. Credits earned in order to make up course deficiencies are not included in the 20 required graduate-level credits.
In most cases this will mean that the student will take a total of 20 didactic credits. Please note, however, that if one or more core courses is waived, the student still is required to earn 20 graduate-level credits. An example of such a special case: A student who had already taken some of our core courses as a UW-Madison Pharmacy/Toxicology undergraduate.
It is ultimately up to the student and his/her major professor to choose the courses that the student takes to earn the remaining 7 credits beyond the core curriculum credits. To choose these remaining 7 credits, students are advised to consider the courses recommended for their focal area and the courses in the list of Additional Available Courses.
Students are required to submit their intended sequence of courses by April 15 of the first year in the program. This will be considered for certification and approval by the METC Graduate Achievement and Curriculum Committee (GACC) of the Center.
Focal Areas
Each student identifies one of the subject areas described. The focal area should be relevant to the individual's research interests and career goals and selected with the guidance and approval of the major professor and the GACC. To some degree, the choice of major professor determines the focal area.
This program does not require that each student take all of the courses listed for the focal area. A student may choose to acquire the knowledge by other means, such as literature study and discussions.
Health-Related Toxicology Focal Areasa. Biochemical and Genetic Toxicology
b. Immunotoxicology
c. Neurotoxicology Toxicants In The Environment Focal Areasa. Ecotoxicology (aquatic/terrestrial)
b. Physical/Chemical Behavior of Toxicants (aquatic, terrestrial, atmospheric)
c. Toxicant Remediation Other Focal Areas
Students, with the guidance of the major professor and the appropriate faculty committee of the Center, may constitute a program of courses in a focal area not named above. Such programs must be approved by the Steering Committee before they are proposed to the Graduate Achievement and Curriculum Committee for certification.
Minor in Another Discipline
A minor (a sequence of courses in a related field) is not required of Ph.D. candidates in Molecular and Environmental Toxicology. However, a student may choose to complete a departmental minor (at least 10 credits of course work in one department) to demonstrate academic strength in a single, well-defined discipline. Course requirements are determined by the minor department.
Teaching Requirement
Ph.D. candidates are required to serve as teaching assistants in Molecular and Environmental Toxicology 625, 626, 631 or 632/633/634 for at least one semester.
The basis of the thesis; generally performed during the entire period of study for the Ph.D. degree.
Research Advisory Committee: Chosen within the first year of study; conducts the oral preliminary examination, the final oral examination, and serves as a resource for consultation and advice until completion of the degree.
Examination
Preliminary Examination completed during second year of study..
Oral Preliminary Examination is to be completed within six months of successful completion of part 1 of preliminary examination. Oral Preliminary Exam is based on the student's presentation of the research proposal for the doctoral thesis.
Dissertator Status. Awarded after student passes the oral preliminary examination and meets Graduate School requirements. Thereafter, a student devotes full effort to research.
Thesis
Final Oral Examination/Student's thesis defense
The requirements for the Ph.D. usually are completed within six years of entrance (five years for students who enter with a Master's degree).
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