Internal Admits and Internal Program Transfers
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This form is used by a student who is not a Teaching Assistant, Research Assistant, or Fellow, for each semester during which the student is registered for 0 or more credits, but fewer than 9 credits, and is actively working on a thesis or dissertation (referred to as "all but dissertation" or "ABD" status). The form is completed electronically, and then submitted to the Registrar's Office in 106 Steele Hall (and also to the Slutzker Center for International Services for international students) after obtaining the signature of the Biology Department Chair or Graduate Program Director. PLEASE NOTE: The deadline for this form is the same as the "Financial Drop Deadline" for the semester in which full-time status is being certified.
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This form is used by new Biology graduate students who are doing lab rotations to register for BIO 610 (Graduate Research Laboratory). The form is also used when registering for BIO 688 (Biological Literature) and BIO 690 (Independent Study). The form is completed electronically, and then printed and signed by the student's Research Advisor and/or Faculty Sponsor for the course. After obtaining the required signatures, please see contact the Biology Department Undergraduate Academic Support Coordinator , Billie Trapani (LSC 114, 315.443.9139, batrapan@syr.edu(biougrad@syr.edu, 114 Life Sciences Complex), who will assign a student-specific permission number which will enable you to complete the course registration in MySlice.
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This form is completed by Biology Ph.D. students (or Ph.D. students in other affiliated academic units) who wish to sign up for this option, which leads to a Ph.D. in Biology with a "concentration in Neuroscience" listed as an area of specialization on your degree. For more information about this option, visit the Graduate Neuroscience webpage. The completed form should be submitted to the program director, Dr. Sandra James Hewett.
Inter-Institutional Graduate Course Registration Form
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Please use the Travel & Expense Center found on MySlice for field work reimbursements and other expense reimbursements, such as supplies purchased for lab/field work locally.
Graduate Student Visa
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& Moving Reimbursement Request Form
The department Department will refund visa costs of up to $600 per student at the beginning of their PhD or research-based MS program, for students who start between fall 2022 and summer 2024 and then revisit whether it can afford to continue and maybe potentially expand this program. Applications for partial refunds of other moving expenses can also be made to the Department Chair in cases of financial hardship. These will be treated on a case-by-case basis depending on funds available. This motion was passed by the faculty in a faculty meeting in April 2022.Please return the completed form to the Graduate Academic Support Coordinator (biograd@syr.edu) for reviewThe application submission deadline for Fall semester admits is September 15; for Spring semester admits the deadline is January 31.