School of 研究生 研究
Welcome to the School of 研究生 研究
Fisk University offers MA degrees in Natural Science Disciplines of Biology, 化学, 和物理, and also in Clinical Psychology. Fisk is also engaged in multiple partnerships with other institutions to link our Master’s trainees with 博士学位 programs in their field of interest. Examples of those programs include the Fisk-Vanderbilt Masters-to-博士学位 Bridge Program in Physics, 化学, and Biology (在这里看到的).
We encourage interested students to contact:
Dean of the School of 研究生 研究: Dr. Bryan Kent Wallace
email: graduatestudies@chinaqinyu.com
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Of Our 研究生 研究 Programs
Dr. 布莱恩·L. 那里提取, 博士学位
Director of 研究生 研究
School of Biology
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Director of 研究生 研究
School of 化学
Dr. Arnold Burger, 博士学位
Director of 研究生 研究
School of Physics
Dr. Sheila Peters, 博士学位
Director of 研究生 研究
School of Psychology
Dr. Tdka Kilimanjaro, 博士学位
Director of 研究生 研究
School of Social Justicegraduate studies 整体 timeline
Fall Semester 第一年
Responsibilities:
- Required courses, determined in consultation with the Director of 研究生 研究 in your program.
- Participation in the 研究生 School Professional Skills and Responsible Conduct of Research Seminar (weekly, required- described in more detail below). The final assignment in this course is an electronic Poster Presentation of the 整体 research area under investigation in your anticipated research advisor’s laboratory and the probable research project that you will undertake as your research thesis. Note that this assignment requires that students have been aggressively pursuing the identification of their research mentor.
- Consideration of research mentor: In some programs, students will enter graduate studies knowing who their research mentor will be. In other programs, students will be expected to visit and meet with at least two and generally more thesis dissertation supervisors who are accepting new graduate students the Fall of their matriculation to learn about their work, read their papers, and in discussions with the faculty member, learn if their research program is a match for a student’s interests and preferred learning environment. If students are accepted with already-defined research supervisors/mentor, the student’s mentor will take responsibility for introducing the graduate student to other ongoing work in the discipline ongoing at Fisk and at our collaborating institutions.
- In those programs where students are matched with a mentor/thesis advisor prior to matriculation, students will be expected to spend a defined minimum amount of time in that laboratory learning methods and reading relevant papers.
- Declaration of master’s thesis research mentor/supervisor is required by the close of the Fall semester.
- Fulfillment of any other program-specific requirements, as 大纲d in Sections II-V.
Spring Semester 第一年
Responsibilities:
- Coursework required by the program or electives identified by student and or graduate student advisor. Remember that courses at Fisk and Vanderbilt Universities are available for Fisk student registration.
- In concert with Master’s thesis advisor, 大纲 a detailed research project and plan, and begin a literature summary of state of knowledge in this area, unanswered questions or gaps in understanding, and what aspects of this your research will address. This summary ultimately will be the backbone of the Literature Review section of the Master’s thesis and of the Introduction to the thesis proposal. 因此, in addition to honing scientific writing skills, this expectation has many positive outcomes for the student.
- Create a thesis committee; summarize your proposed research in a short document. Share with your advisor, and with their approval, share with the rest of your thesis committee. Schedule a Committee Meeting in the SPRING SEMESTER, and certainly no later than within the first two weeks of the 夏天 Semester, and preferably early in the Spring semester of the first year.
- Students whose academic performance is below the required B average ( GPA of 3.0) at the end of the Spring semester will be put on academic probation; the status of continued or interrupted funding during academic probation will be decided after consultation of the student’s research supervisor/mentor and the DGS for the program, with approval of their decision by the Dean for 研究生 研究. Students will not be eligible for tuition waivers from Fisk University while on academic probation.
夏天 Beginning of 第二年
Responsibilities:
- This time is set aside for fulltime research. It is only applicable for the following programs: Master’s in Biology, Master’s in Physics, and the Vanderbilt Bridge Program.
- Elective courses that are only available in the summer may be taken, but only with written approval of the Director of 研究生 研究 of the Program, cosigned by the Dean of the 研究生 School.
- Selection of appropriate courses for the Fall, if still needed, can be identified and registered for, as appropriate for each Master’s Program, again with the approval of the Director of 研究生 研究 for that program.
Fall Semester 第二年
Responsibilities:
- 课程, as advised by the thesis research advisor and Director of 研究生 研究, including electives relevant for student’s research project.
- Participation in 研究生 Program-specific required programs, such as seminars, Colloquia, etc.
- Participation in relevant 研究生 School Professional Skills Workshops (these often will occur on Saturdays, but will be advertised well in advance from the office of Paula Hemphill).
- Continuing research.
- Meet with Thesis Committee a second time to review progress in summer research; prepare for that meeting in concert with your research advisor. Based on the recommendation of progress to date by the Thesis Committee, intent to graduate forms must be prepared, signed by appropriate faculty and administrators, and taken to the Registrar’s office by the stated December deadline for the Academic Calendar of that year ( each Academic Year’s calendar is available on line). Students whose coursework, coursework performance, and/or research has not progressed in a timely fashion will develop a timeline for delayed graduation. HOWEVER, please note that stipend funding is only committed for 24 calendar months.
Spring Semester 第二年
Responsibilities:
- Continuing research, finding national and regional meetings and other venues for continuing presentation of project results and experimental plans; presentation at the Fisk Annual Research Day in the Spring is expected.
- 发展 of an 大纲 of the thesis document, for review by the Committee no later than February 15th, including principal literature sources, and data to be included.
- Participation in Program-focused seminars/colloquia/activities.
- Planning for completion of the Master’s degree.