Interdisciplinary Doctoral Program in Biology, Biomedicine, and Chemistry, PhD

Program Coordinator: Ariane Peralta (3408 Life Sciences and Biotechnology Building; 252-328-2712; peraltaa@ecu.edu)

Contacts by concentration:

Biology: Michael Brewer (2500 Life Sciences and Biotechnology Building; 252-328-1833; brewermi14@ecu.edu)
Biomedicine: Li Yang (3E127 Brody School of Medicine; 252-744-3419; yangl@ecu.edu)
Chemistry: Eli Hvastkovs (SZ512 Science and Technology Building; 252-328-9767; hvastkovse@ecu.edu)

The Interdisciplinary Doctoral Program in Biology, Biomedicine, and Chemistry, PhD brings together students and faculty from multiple disciplines to study a broad variety of interesting biochemical and biological phenomena. The interdisciplinary program requirements include 11-12 s.h. from the general core curricula, at least 48 s.h. from the research core, and at least 18 s.h. from a specific concentration. The program offers concentrations in biology, biomedicine, and chemistry.

Other appropriate graduate-level courses may be added by agreement of the research advisor, graduate program director, and the doctoral advisory committee.

The degree requires a minimum of 77 s.h. as follows:

Core Curriculum

1. General core - 11-12 s.h.

a. Seminars (3 s.h.)

Select one of the following courses. The selected seminar course must be taken 3 times for a total of 3 s.h.

b. Statistics and experimental design (3 s.h.)

Select one of the following courses:

c. Tools-based course (3-4 s.h.)

Select one of the following courses:

BIOL 7880 - Bioinformatics
BIOL 7970 - Teaching Natural Science in Higher Education
CHEM 7540 - Biophysical Techniques for Studying Biological Structure
A statistics and experimental design course not listed may be taken to satisfy this requirement upon approval of the program concentration director, dissertation advisor, and program director.

d. Research and ethics course (2 s.h.)

HUMS 7004 - Ethics and Research

2. Research core - 48 s.h. (at least)

Students must complete the minimum hours specified in each of a., b., and c.

a. Methods and techniques (3 s.h.)

b. Introduction to research (10-15 s.h.)

c. Dissertation research (30-36 s.h.)

3. Concentration - 18 s.h. (at least)

Select one of the following concentrations:

a. Biology concentration

Each student will meet with the program concentration director, dissertation advisor, and program director to select 18 s.h. of courses to complement dissertation research.

b. Biomedicine concentration

Select at least 18 s. h. from the following courses:

c. Chemistry concentration

Each student will meet with the program concentration director, dissertation advisor, and program director to select 18 s.h. of courses to complement dissertation research.