Milestones
- Complete an ethics course (End of fall term of first year)
- 确定学术顾问（第一年秋季结束）
为了优化通讯unication between graduate students and faculty, students in the UTGCP are matched with an academic advisor who will aid them throughout their time in the program. The academic advisors are members of the genetic counseling program faculty. The objectives of this program are to open lines of communication between students and supervisors, provide the student with a person with whom they can discuss problems, supervisory concerns, academic questions etc., aid in professional development, guide students with decision making. While the Program Directors have an open door policy and regularly meet with students, the Academic Advisor provides another faculty touch point for students.
- Form Advisory Committee (Spring term of first year)
In the Spring term of the first year, students will choose their thesis topic and identify their research advisor. Their research advisor will serve as the chair of the Advisory Committee and may help guide the student in forming of the rest of the committee.
Key Requirements of an Advisory Committee
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- At least one member's research interests must lie outside the student's major discipline
- “学生之外的主要学科”一词是指在与学生提出的大不相同的领域中接受过培训和研究经验的人。beplay苹果手机能用吗
- At least one member must be a certified genetic counselor from an academic institution
- At least one member must have a postgraduate degree in a specialty other than genetic counseling
- At least one member must have丰富的经验on GSBS student committees
- 一个y one individual may satisfy one or more of these criteria
- The Advisor必须be an Associate or Regular member of theGSBS教师。
Additional Considerations
- No more than two members may be non-GSBS faculty. To qualify as a voting committee member, they must have either faculty states at their home institution and/or be a certified genetic counselor at an academic institution.Include an NIH-format biosketch for all proposed members who are not GSBS Faculty.
- 一个individual that does not meet these criteria but could provide expertise relevant to the student's project may serve, but as a sixth non-voting member of the committee.
- At least one member's research interests must lie outside the student's major discipline
- Hold first advisory meeting (Summer term of first year)
Once your committee is approved, you are expected to hold your first meeting soon after.
- At least 4 members must be present at the meeting or attend via video/call-in. Students must meet individually with any members that are not present at the meeting.
- You must provide your committee with apre-meeting progress updateat least 5 days before the meeting
- 在会议期间，委员会将完成一部分委员会会议报告and each member will sign, whether they are present or not for the meeting.
- 会议结束后，您将完成学生对委员会会议报告委员会建议部分的回应。
- The committee meeting report, which includes the student's progress update and the student's response to the committee's recommendations, should be submitted to the student, all members of the Advisory Committee and togsbs.reports@uth.tmc.eduwithin 10 business days from the date of the meeting. The meeting will be recorded only if a report is received.
Goals of your first Advisory Committee meeting
The primary goal of your first meeting is to introduce yourself and describe your plan (rationale, significance, hypothesis, and aims) for your project so that the committee members can actively give you input. If you have preliminary data, it should be presented but should not be the primary focus of the meeting. You are looking for high-level advice from your committee on the planning of the project.
做be sure to explain all aspects of your project and ask the committee for their advice on it.
不开始会议，通过提供数据，而无需首先为项目和实验提供声音原理。
- Submit petition for MS candidacy (End of summer term of first year)
MS students are expected to submit thePetition to Candidacy for the MS degreeform, once their advisory committee has approved the student’s research project.
请愿书包含：
- A list of the student's completed/prospective courses
- A one-page summary of the student's research proposal
- 候选人的请愿书
The petition must be approved by theAcademic Standards Committee。
- 完成在线道德模块（第一年夏季结束）
由于学生在研究生培训开始时完成和道德课程，因此还要求学生完成两个在线模块 - 数据获取和管理以及负责任的作者身份和出版物 - 在完成学位之前，作为“正式的”补充关键道德问题的审查。
Instructions for completing these modules are sent to students via email after completion of the ethics course. Once complete, please email the two completion reports showing the final score you made for each module toBunny Perezin the GSBS Office of Academic Affairs.
- Hold an Advisory Committee meeting (Every six months)
期望学生每6个月举行一次咨询委员会会议，而MS学生必须至少举行2次会议，以捍卫他们的论文。
- At least 4 members must be present at the meeting or attend via video/call-in. Students must meet individually with any members that are not present at the meeting.
- You must provide your committee with apre-meeting progress updateat least 5 days before the meeting
- 在会议期间，委员会将完成一部分委员会会议报告and each member will sign, whether they are present or not for the meeting.
- After the meeting you will complete the student response to the committee’s recommendations section of the committee meeting report.
- The committee meeting report, which includes the student's progress update and the student's response to the committee's recommendations, should be submitted to the student, all members of the Advisory Committee and togsbs.reports@uth.tmc.eduwithin 10 business days from the date of the meeting. The meeting will be recorded only if a report is received.
- Complete at least 36 semester-hours of pertinent coursework (Before graduation)
- 提交签署的请愿书来捍卫论文（辩护前两周）
Within two years after advancement to candidacy, and with approval of the Advisory Committee, the student will write and defend their thesis.
The student must be ingood academic standing为了要求辩护论文。
辩护前两周，学生必须完成并提交Petition for the Defense of the MS Thesis or PhD Dissertationto the Office of Academic Affairs Grad Team atgsbs.gradteam@uth.tmc.edu。
With this form, students will include:
- Electronic version of your abstract for distribution in GSBS Essential (the abstract should be in MS Word -- not a PDF)
- 您的论文的电子版本的反位态检查，其中包括完整的论文/论文，而无需参考。
- PDF of the draft of your thesis for formatting check – include all pages (i.e., approval page, title page, abstract, acknowledgements, table of contents, figures, figure legends, references, vita, etc.)
- PDF of your updated CV (please include your publications, presentations, awards, etc.)
一旦批准了辩护请愿书，您将收到Bunny Perez的退出文件。
For Information regarding thesis preparation and steps to graduation, visit our毕业页。
- Defend thesis (Before graduation)
Purpose of the MS Thesis Defense
To evaluate:
- Understanding of the thesis research
- Ability to report information in a well-organized and interesting form
演示详细信息：
- 45- to 60-minute public presentation of the research project
- 背景的详细说明
- Rationale
- Materials and Methods
- Results and Conclusions
Following the presentation, the student will respond to questions from the audience.
- 学生的顾问将作为主持人的the examination.
- The student will be expected to respond to questions from those GSBS faculty attending on any aspect of the written thesis or the material presented at the seminar.
- After the defense, the student will meet privately with the Advisory Committee to discuss the results.
- 咨询委员会将确定对院长和学术标准委员会提出的建议
- 无条件的通行证
- Conditional Pass
- Additional research
- Modifications to the thesis
- 和/或其他防御
- Submit final, signed thesis and complete all exit paperwork (Before graduation)
After the completion of the defense, the student will make all necessary edits to their thesis and submit the final copy (approved by their committee), along with all exit paperwork to the Office of Academic Affairs.
All exit paperwork is sent to the student when their Petition to Defend is approved. Any questions regarding the exit process should be sent toBunny Perez。
- 完成所有学位要求（在入学后三年内）
The SMS degree will be awarded when the student has:
- Completed all courses listed in the student's program of work
- Successfully completed the MS defense
- 提交了咨询委员会批准的最后一篇论文，并向学术事务进行院长的签名
- Completed all exit forms
The degree will be issued as of the final day of the semester in which all degree requirements have been met.
The SMS degree must be completed within three years of registration in the Graduate School. Students may continue registration after the three-year limit only with the expressed written permission of the Deans.