Thesis and/or Dissertation
Each graduate student in the program will work on a bioinformatics thesis project under dual mentorship of the program faculty.  As a partial fulfillment for the Ph.D. degree, the student will submit a complete dissertation to be evaluated by a doctoral committee chosen by his/her mentors in consultation with the Bioinformatics Steering Committee.  The doctoral dissertation will be submitted to each member of the doctoral committee at least four weeks before the final examination.  The student will defend his/her final thesis after the committee’s evaluation and will pass or fail depending on the committee’s decision.  The entire graduate program is expected to be completed within the proposed timeline of the program.