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Information:
Ms. Lanette Flagge
Academic Advisor
Ronald Balczon, Ph.D.
Director of Graduate Studies
BMS Graduate Program
MSB 3030
University of South Alabama
Mobile, AL 36688
(251)460-6153
lflagge@jaguar1.usouthal.edu
rbalczon@usouthal.edu
Students in the BMS Graduate Program benefit from
small class sizes, one-on-one interaction with faculty,
an active student organization, and excellent mentoring. The Basic
Medical Science Student Organization (BMSSO) is the
student organization. Throughout a student's graduate training, progress is monitored via evaluation of academic standing. However, after core and advanced course work are completed, evaluation of progress in dissertation research becomes an important benchmark. To assist in this process, each student selects a dissertation committee in consultation with the research mentor. The major duties of the dissertation committee are to foster the academic and research training of the student and to administer the closed defense of the student's dissertation work at the end of the student's doctoral training.
Academic standards for the Graduate School and the BMS Graduate Program are detailed in the Undergraduate/Graduate Bulletin. The BMS Student Handbook contains the policies on Advanced Coursework Standards, the Admission to Candidacy or Qualifying Exam, and the defense of dissertation process and appeals mechanisms which are specific to the Graduate Program in Basic Medical Sciences. Forms required to document progress are available in The Handbook, but can also be downloaded here in PDF format:
- Form #1 - Rotation Plan
- Form #2 - Registration of Advanced Program and Major Professor
- Form #3 - Registration of Research Description and Dissertation Committee
- Form #4 - First Dissertation Committee Meeting
- Form #5 - Dissertation Committee Meeting
- Form #6 - Admission to Candidacy
- Form #7 - Registration of Research Proposal
- Form #8 - Application for Open Defense of Dissertation
- Form #9 - First Submission Approval Form
- Form #10 - Administrative Certification
The Graduate Office has compiled
information regarding extramural resources for
graduate students, regarding mentoring, career development, and
fellowship funding, which are available on-line.
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Last updated: 11/29/2004