Revised 10/02

Fourth, Fifth, and Subsequent Years: Course Listings and Requirements

Annual Meeting of the Supervisory Committee
Must be held by June. The Annual Meeting Report must be filed with the MCB Office by the end of June.

Program and Departmental Activities
Students attend the evening student/faculty seminar series sponsored by the MCB Program.

Final Examination

(See UW General Catalog for more information)
The Candidate presents a dissertation demonstrating original and independent investigation and achievement. The dissertation format must be consistent with the formatting described in the Style and Policy Manual for Theses and Dissertations (http://www.grad.washington.edu/forms/forms.htm). When the Supervisory Committee agrees that the Candidate is prepared to take the Final Examination, the student notifies the MCB Program Office. The Dean of the Graduate School is informed and designates a Reading Committee from among the members of the Supervisory Committee.

Once the Reading Committee is officially established with the Graduate School, a Request for Final Examination (http://www.grad.washington.edu/forms/forms.htm) is signed by the Supervisory Committee chairperson and the members of the Reading Committee. The request is presented to the Graduate School three weeks prior to the Exam date. If the Candidate has met all other requirements, a warrant authorizing the Final Exam is issued by the Graduate School. Upon satisfactory completion of the Final Examination, the warrant is signed by all Committee members and returned to the Graduate School. A copy of the signed warrant is sent to the MCB Office. The Candidate then has sixty days in which to submit the completed dissertation to the Graduate School.

1. Must be filed with Grad school THREE weeks prior to the exam.
2. Send a copy of the signed warrant to the MCB Office.
3. Required form at http://www.grad.washington.edu/forms/forms.htm