Infection & Immunity (I&I) Graduate Requirements

A current Infection & Immunity (I&I) student handbook is under development. For the legacy program, MPT, the complete guide is available at this link: MPT Graduate Student Handbook

Required courses for I&I graduate students

Fall semester, 1st year

Spring semester, 1st year

Summer semester, 1st year

Fall semester, 2nd year

Spring semester, 2nd year

Summer semester, 2nd year

I&I Advanced Electives (2 required)

Other 8000/9000-level electives: The DGS and the student’s doctoral committee approves electives.

MICROB 9403 Advanced Medial Microbiology: credit for teaching assistance (TA) service. Two semesters of service, matriculating only the final semester for 2 credit hours.

• Serve as a TA in MICROB 2800 or MICROB 3200 (Undergraduate Medical Microbiology Laboratory) for two semesters (to be completed during the first two years).

Credit-Hour Requirements

The graduate school requires 72 hours of advanced study to be completed for a PhD degree. A minimum of 15 hours of 8000-9000 level course work, not including Rotations, Seminar, and Dissertation Research.

Full-Time Student Enrollment

Graduate student full-time enrollment status pre-comprehensive exam:

• 9 credit hours each for fall and spring, 5 credit hours for summer.

Graduate student full-time enrollment status post-comprehensive exam:

• 2 credit hours each for fall and spring, 1 credit hour for summer.

Resources: (Forms and Travel information)

Doctoral Forms

• D1 – Qualifying Examination Results and Doctoral Committee Approval Form
• D2
  • D2 – Plan of Study for the Doctoral Degree Form
  • D2 – Plan of Study for the Doctoral Degree-Grad Sch Template
  • Plan of Study (MPT Doctoral Degree example).
• D3 – Doctoral Comprehensive Examination Results Form
• D4 – Report of the Dissertation Defense Form

Travel Award Applications

• Travel Scholarships available through the University of Missouri Graduate School