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Table of Contents

General Admission
Requirements

Entomology Course
Offerings

Entomology Research
Specialization Areas

Communication Skills

Teaching Experience

Degree Progress
Milestones

Administration of the
Graduate Program

Degree Descriptions
and Requirements

Graduate Program
Progress Ledger

Faculty Specializations

Awards Available to
Graduate Students

The Entomology Graduate
Student Association

Graduate School
Information

Registration Information

Graduate Student
Computing

Departmental Facilities,
Procedures and
Regulations

University Facilities,
Procedures and
Regulations

Financial Assistance

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

GENERAL

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

ENTOMOLOGY COURSE OFFERINGS

• Core Courses
• Equivalent Knowledge
• Fall Entomology Curriculum
• Spring Entomology Curriculum
• Core Course Waivers

ENTOMOLOGY RESEARCH SPECIALIZATION AREAS

COMMUNICATION SKILLS

• Tutoring to Improve Writing Skills

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

• Teaching Assistantships
• Teaching Apprenticeships
• Requesting a bypass of the TA-apprenticeship requirement

DEGREE PROGRESS MILESTONES

THESIS/DISSERTATION PROPOSAL

ADMINISTRATION OF THE GRADUATE PROGRAMS

DEGREE DESCRIPTIONS AND REQUIREMENTS

• Master of Science (M.S.)
• Degree Requirements
• Final Oral Examination
• Theses
• Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
• Degree Requirements
• Doctoral Candidacy Examination
• Comprehensive Examination
• Final Oral Examination
• State of the Doctoral Thesis at the Time of the Final Oral Examination
• Theses
• Graduate School Requirements for Ph.D. Candidates
• Ph.D. Residence Requirements
• Ph.D. Continuous Registration Requirements
• Voucher Specimens
• Exit Interview

SPECIAL PROVISION FOR M.S. BYPASS TOWARD A PH.D. DEGREE

STUDENT CHECK-OFF LIST

TIME FRAMES

GRADUATE PROGRAM PROGRESS LEDGER

FACULTY SPECIALIZATIONS

AWARDS AVAILABLE TO GRADUATE STUDENTS

THE ENTOMOLOGY GRADUATE STUDENT ASSOCIATION

GRADUATE SCHOOL INFORMATION

• Academic Credit and Employment
• Academic Status
• Full-time Academic Status
• Part-time Academic Status
• Policy for Classification as a Pennsylvania Resident

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

• Registration
• Methods of Registering
• Adding or Dropping a Course

GRADUATE STUDENT COMPUTING

DEPARTMENTAL FACILITIES, PROCEDURES AND REGULATIONS

• Facilities
• General
• Administrative Offices
• The Frost Entomological Museum
• Russell E. Larson Agricultural Research Center
• Greenhouses
• Photographic Darkroom
• Teaching Microscopes and Other Equipment
• Teaching Laptops and Computer Projectors
• Departmental Audio Visuals
• Maintenance of Facilities and Equipment
• Procedures and Regulations
• Current Departmental Policies
• Copier Cards
• Purchasing of Supplies
• On-the-Job Injury
• Reservation of Entomology Conference Rooms for University Activities
• Travel
• Big 10 Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC) Traveling Scholar Program

UNIVERSITY FACILITIES, PROCEDURES AND REGULATIONS

• Facilities
• Libraries
• University Health Services
• Bookstores
• Procedures and Regulations
• Parking and Traffic Regulations—Automobiles, Motorbikes, Motorscooters, etc.
• Bicycles and Mopeds
• Vehicle Accident Reports
• Research
• The Use of Human Subjects in Research
• Care and Use of Vertebrate Animals

FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE

• Employment
• Wage Payroll
• Assistantships
• Fellowship and Scholarship Awards
• Loan Programs

MISCELLANEOUS

• Sexual Harassment
• Professional Ethics
• Statistical Consulting and Computing Services
• Group Medical Insurance
• Transportation In and Out of the Community
• Local Buses
• Other Transportation Needs

CAMPUS ACTIVITIES