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The
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Head: Dr. Robert T. Leonard plshead@ag.arizona.edu Forbes 303C Division
of Horticulture and Crop Sciences Division
of Plant Biology Division
of Plant Pathology and Microbiology |
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The Department of Plant Sciences offers graduate training at the MS and
Ph.D. level in two degree programs: Plant Sciences and Plant Pathology and
Microbiology. Graduate education is a very different experience from that
of undergraduate education. Merely meeting or satisfying degree requirements
should not be the aim of a quality graduate program. Graduate education
is an opportunity to increase knowledge, to broaden understanding, and to
develop independent thinking and research capabilities. Consequently, the
student’s academic program of study and achievement should reflect
a commitment to the discipline and to scholarly standards. While members
of the faculty and staff will serve as counselors and assistants, accomplishments
as a graduate student will be primarily a result of the student’s
own personal motivation and dedication. Success in graduate education depends
on the ability to define goals, and to organize and execute a program of
study and research to meet those goals. Recognizing that science is a cooperative
enterprise, the Department of Plant Sciences works to create a sense of
community, cooperation, and caring among students and between students,
faculty and staff. This is facilitated through participation in seminars,
colloquia, and special social functions. It is to the student’s advantage
to participate fully in all of these activities. |
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The Graduate Program Oversight Committee (GPOC), a group of faculty appointed
by the Department Head, acts in an oversight role for the Graduate Program.
The Committee helps develop policy to govern the Program and works to
improve the Program to the benefit of both faculty and students. The role
of the GPOC is to advise and help direct students’ academic and
research programs while in the Department. This Committee is responsible
for student admissions, recommending candidates to the Department Head
for Assistantships, overseeing student progress, monitoring the results
of the Comprehensive Exams, moderating conflicts between advisors and
students when requested, and administering other general University and
Departmental policies regarding graduate student activities. One faculty
member, who acts as the Graduate Program Coordinator, chairs the GPOC.
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