| The Combined
B.S./M.S. Degree Program
The combined B.S./M.S. degrees program in Biology
is designed to allow exceptional students with a strong interest
in biology to accelerate their professional education. This
program is to be completed in eight terms of enrollment. The
requirements are as follows:
- Candidates must satisfy the Yale College
requirements for the B.S. degree. In addition to the three
core requirements specified in the standard track, the four
upper-level electives must be graduate-level courses designated
"G". One of these is a graduate seminar selected
with the approval of the director of undergraduate studies.
Students must earn honors (A or A-) in two graduate-level
courses and high pass (B+, B, B-) in the rest.
- Six credits outside the major must be taken
in the last two years, and at least two undergraduate courses
in the last two terms.
- In addition to the courses specified above,
students must complete two graduate laboratory courses for
six course credits:
a) E&EB/MCDB 585b, a two-credit course typically taken
in the second term of the junior year. At the start of the
course, each student forms a committee comprised of their
adviser and two faculty members that meets to discuss the
research project. Two of the committee members must be members
of either the E&EB or MCDB departments. At the end of
the course, students complete a detailed prospectus describing
their thesis project, and the work completed to date. The
committee evaluates an oral and written presentation of
the prospectus; the evaluation determines whether the student
may continue in the combined program.
b) E&EB/MCDB 595, a four-credit course (two credits
per term) that is similar to E&EB/MCDB 495 and is taken
during the senior year. During this course, students give
an oral presentation describing their work. At the end of
the course, the adviser and two other faculty members evaluate
a comprehensive thesis. Students must earn a B grade or
higher in this course in order to receive the M.S. degree.
Students must also satisfy the requirements
of Yale College for the combined bachelor's and master's degrees
program, including the following:
- Students must apply in writing to the director of undergraduate
studies and obtain departmental approval no later than the
beginning of the second term of their Junior year. Students
must have the approval of both the director of undergraduate
studies and the director of graduate studies to receive
graduate credit for the graduate courses they select.
- At the time of the application, only those students with
two-thirds A or A- grades in all their courses, and with
two-thirds A or A- grades in Biology courses will be admitted
to the program.
- Students must have this program approved by the undergraduate
affairs committee of the major and the relevant departmental
faculty by the end of the first term of their junior year.
Because faculty meetings are held irregularly, the director
of undergraduate studies should receive proposed programs
by November 1.
Five year
program for the combined BS/MS in Forestry and Environmental
Studies
The School of Forestry and Environmental Studies
offers a program whereby a Yale student can earn a Masters
Degree in F&ES with an additional year of study. Students
must fulfill the requirements for a Yale College bachelor?s
degree that includes the appropriate prerequisites for acceptance
into F&ES. Two summers and one further academic year are
used to fulfill the Masters requirements. Interested students
should contact Gordon Geballe in F&ES.
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