Biological Sciences (Zoology)

Degrees Offered

Master of Arts
Doctor of Philosophy

Graduate Studies Committee

The following faculty members served on the Graduate Studies Committee in the spring semester 1998-1999.

Nigel S. Atkinson	Jeanne M. Lagowski
Robert Hood Barth Jr.	James L. Larimer
David Begun	Bassett Maguire Jr.
George D. Bittner	David M. Parichy
Frank H. Bronson	Eric R. Pianka
Jim Bull	Martin Poenie
David P. Crews	George D. Pollak
Robert Dudley	Mary Ann Rankin
Janice Fischer	Richard Harvey Richardson
Gary Freeman	Austen Fox Riggs II
Lee A. Fuiman	Michael J. Ryan
Lawrence E. Gilbert	Bob G. Sanders
Robin R. Gutell	Marty Shankland
Brian K. Haarer	Michael C. Singer
Adron Harris	Peter Thomas
David M. Hillis	Wesley J. Thompson
Klaus Kalthoff	Peter D. Vize
Mark Kirkpatrick	Walter Wilczynski
Paul A. Krieg	Harold H. Zakon

Degree Requirements

Master of Arts

Each student's proposed program must be approved by the Graduate Studies Committee. Supporting work is chosen most commonly from botany, chemistry, geological sciences, marine science, mathematics, microbiology, psychology, physics, or education.

Doctor of Philosophy

For the Doctor of Philosophy, preliminary training should have provided a working core of knowledge in general biology and the history of biology, vertebrate and invertebrate zoology, embryology, cytology, genetics and evolution, and physiology.

Preliminary and parallel training is required in other natural sciences. Supporting areas are commonly chosen in botany, chemistry, computer sciences, geological sciences, marine science, mathematics, microbiology, psychology, or physics, as needed to support the area of specialization chosen. With the approval of the supervising committee, relevant courses in these fields may also be included as a part of the major.

Students are expected to fulfill all requirements for admission to candidacy by the end of the second year. The Graduate Record Examinations Biology Test is taken to provide one of the criteria for admission.

A brochure published by the School of Biological Sciences provides information on graduate work and on available fellowships and assistantships. Further information, including information about the foreign language requirement, is available from the graduate adviser.

For More Information

Campus address: J. T. Patterson Laboratories Building (PAT) 140, phone (512) 471-7131, fax (512) 471-9651

Mailing address: Graduate Coordinator for Zoology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712

E-mail: zoology@www.utexas.edu

URL: http://www.utexas.edu/cons/

Zoology courses: ZOO

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