Form A Initial Advisory Committee – An initial advisory committee is formed for each student who pursues a master’s degree within the first eight weeks of the student’s first registration in the Biomedical Graduate Program.
Form B Report of Committee Meetings– should be completed every 6 months at the Committee Meetings. This form should give the student comments, guidance and direction. The student and Chairperson of the Thesis Examining Committee should sign the form and return it to the Office of Biomedical Graduate Studies immediately after each meeting.
Form C Preliminary Examination – This should be taken at the end of the first academic year. Students are required to pass the preliminary examination. The conduct and judgment of the performance in this examination is determined by the pertinent program’s discretion of an appropriately constituted examination committee. The prelim exam should be completed by July 1st of the first academic year.
Form D Qualifying Examination – To fulfill the requirements for candidacy for the Master’s degree. A student must pass the qualifying examination. This exam should be taken after completion of one academic year of graduate studies.
Form E Thesis Committee – This committee will oversee the student’s thesis research.
Form F Thesis Proposal – After presentation of the thesis proposal this form should be completed and signed by all members of the Thesis Committee and sent to the Office of Biomedical Graduate Studies.
For detailed information on how to prepare you thesis, please download the Thesis Guidelines.
Form G Notification of Intent to Defend – collects the information needed to create a notice announcing your thesis defense. Please fill out this form and give it to your Program Coordinator. You must defend your thesis on the Queen Lane or Center City Campus only. The Office of Biomedical Graduate Studies will post the notice at least two weeks before you defend your thesis.
Form H Thesis Defense – after a successful defense, this form should be signed by all members of the Thesis Committee and returned to the Office of Biomedical Graduate Studies.
Form I Certification of Thesis – should be signed by your Thesis Examining Committee Chairperson to certify that the thesis you are submitting is satisfactory for publication. It should be brought to the Office of Biomedical Graduate Studies with the required four copies along with any personal copies of your thesis to be bound. (Please see current academic calendar for deadlines).
Form J Commencement Information and Forwarding Information – should be completed and returned to the Office of Biomedical Graduate Studies before you leave Drexel University College of Medicine. Please complete all information that is requested whether you plan to attend Commencement or not.
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