Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences Policy on enrollment, Participation, AND GRADING of the GRADUATE SEMINAR Series (approved in amended form on 10/13/2003)
1.
Seminar/Journal
Club participation is an integral part of the Graduate Program in Pharmaceutical
Sciences. This comprises the College of
Pharmacy Graduate Seminar Series, as well as Graduate Student Journal
Clubs in Pharmaceutical Sciences and Medicinal Chemistry.
2.
Starting Spring semester 2004, graduate students in the Graduate
Program in Pharmaceutical Sciences shall be enrolled each semester in either
PHAC819/MEDC819 or PHAC919/MEDC919.
3.
Enrollment in
PHAC819/MEDC819 requires graduate students to regularly attend seminar
presentations and actively participate in discussions and Q&A sessions. Enrollment in PHAC819/MEDC819 also requires
graduate students to attend and present in the respective Graduate Student
Journal Club. PHAC819/MEDC819 will be
graded as “PASS/FAIL”. Unexcused
absences of more than 20% of the monitored seminar presentations or 20% of the
Graduate Student Journal Clubs will result in a ‘FAIL’ grade.
4.
Enrollment in
PHAC919/MEDC919 requires graduate students, in addition to the
requirements for PHAC819/MEDC819, to give a research presentation in the College
of Pharmacy Graduate Seminar Series during the semester of
enrollment. PHAC919/MEDC919 will be
graded with a letter grade. Students
shall be enrolled in PHAC919/MEDC919 for at least three semesters as a
prerequisite for graduation.
5.
Attendance of
the College of Pharmacy Graduate Seminar Series is mandatory for all PharmD/PhD students during the PharmD
section of the curriculum.
6.
Non-participation
of graduate students in the College of Pharmacy Graduate Seminar
Series requires permission by the Program Director.
COLLEGE
OF PHARMACY GRADUATE Seminar Series Format Change
At the departmental faculty
meeting on February 16, the faculty decided to change the format of the
departmental seminar series. This change
is first effective with the seminar on April 4, 2004:
·
Each Graduate
Student will give three (3) seminars during their course of study in the
Pharmaceutical Sciences graduate program.
·
The first and
second seminar will be 25-minute presentations with 5 minutes Q&A
·
The third
seminar will be a 40-minute presentation with 10-15 minutes Q&A. The third seminar will be the last seminar
before the student presents his/her final defense.
·
There will be
one 40-minute or two 25-minute presentations at each seminar session.
·
Seminars will
start 15 min earlier compared to the current schedule, i.e. will be from 3:30
pm – 5 pm in GEB A303.