Requirements for the Concentration in Computational Biosciences:

A standard doctoral degree program at ASU comprises 84 hours of study, of which at least 24 hours are for research study and dissertation, and of which 30 hours may be transferred from an appropriate masters degree.

Students must satisfy core components of the Computational Biosciences concentration as follows:

A standard doctoral degree program at ASU comprises 84 hours of study, of which at least 24 hours are for research study and dissertation, and of which 30 hours may be transferred from an appropriate masters degree.

Students must satisfy core components of the Computational Biosciences concentration as follows:

1. CBS 520 (4 hours) Computational Modeling in Biosciences or MAT 420 (3 hours) Scientifc Computing
   
   CBS 521 (4 hours) Case studies in Computational Biosciences or MAT 451 (3 hours) Mathematical Modeling or other appropriate modeling course as approved by their thesis committee.
   
   CBS 530 (4 hours) Introduction to Structural and Molecular Biology
   
   An advanced level course in statistics (3 hours) (recommended STP 530)
   
   An advancesd level course in experimental design (3 hours) recommended STP 531)
   
   
2. Satisfactorily complete (total minimum GPA 3.75 on these courses) 12 hours of graduate study in mathematics. These courses are to be chosen as two 6 hour sequences selected from the following qualifier sequences in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics:
   
   Mathematical Biology, Numerical Analysis, Differential Equations, Statistics and Discrete Mathematics.
   
   
3. Take 12 hours of elective graduate credit in School of Life Sciences.
4. At least 6 hours must be in graduate courses offered by the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, with labels MAT or STP and numbered 500 or above, and based on which the student will take a written comprehensive exam.
5. All courses, including remaining electives, must be approved as acceptable by the faculty advisory committee for the doctoral degree.
6. A sample program of study is attached, Appendix C. Please observe that this is only an example, each student should meet with their advisor and supervisory committee in order to determine the appropriate selection of courses that will meet the requirements of the CBS degree program.
7. Students will be regarded as making satisfactory progress provided that they complete requirements of either item 1 or item 2 after one year in the program. They must complete requirements or both items 1 and 2 before entering their third year of study in the program. They should submit their program of study by the end of the second year of study.
8. Stipends: Students who have completed either item 1 or item 2 will be moved from level 4 to level 3 for funding, and those who have completed items 1 and 2 will progress one more level. Students will not progress to the final level of funding until completing their comprehensive exam requirements. (This is consistent with the stipend levels for all other students in the doctoral program in mathematics, see
   http://math.asu.edu/grad/grad-assist.html#gas )