Biology, PhD (Boston)
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Research Ethics
- BIOL 7399 — Research Problem Solving, Ethics, and Communication Skills
Colloquium
From the catalog
Complete the following (repeatable) course twice:
- BIOL 5100 — Biology Colloquium
Dissertation
Concentrations (choose 1)
Cell and Molecular Biology Concentration
From the catalog
In consultation with faculty advisor, complete 20 semester hours from the topic of cell and molecular biology:
BIOL 5103 to BIOL 9984
- BIOL 6300 — Biochemistry
- Choose 20 semester hours from:
- Any BIOL course numbered 5103–9984
Molecular Microbiology Concentration
From the catalog
In consultation with faculty advisor, complete 16 semester hours from the topic of molecular microbiology:
BIOL 5103 to BIOL 9984
- BIOL 6300 — Biochemistry
- BIOL 6405 — Prokaryotic Cell and Molecular Biology
- Choose 16 semester hours from:
- Any BIOL course numbered 5103–9984
Electives Option
From the catalog
Complete 8 semester hours from the following:
Complete 16 semester hours from the following:
BIOL 5103 to BIOL 9984
- Choose 8 semester hours from:
- Choose 16 semester hours from:
- Any BIOL course numbered 5103–9984
GPA requirements
- 30 total semester hours required Minimum 3.000 GPA required
Parsed from the catalog by NU Map; the structured machine copy is in this college's JSON for the 2027 catalog, under biology-phd-boston, and the official page is the authority.