Graduate Student Seminars

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Recognizing the importance of oral communication in the sciences, the department requires all graduate students to present at least two departmental seminars. The first of these is given in the third semester of residence and is based on a topic taken from the chemical literature. The second seminar, usually given no later than the third year of residence, is a final thesis seminar for M.S. candidates and a “research progress report” for Ph.D. candidates. Ph.D. students also often present a dissertation seminar immediately prior to their oral defense.