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Degree Information

The Degree of Master of Biotechnology

Final Examination

A student must return to campus after the professional internship and pass a final examination. In order to be eligible to take the exam, a student’s cumulative and degree plan GPRs must be at least a 3.000. He/she must not have any unabsolved grades of D, F, I or U for any course listed on the degree plan. Additionally, all English Language Proficiency requirements must be satisfied prior to scheduling the examination.

The BIOT 684 Professional Internship, Professional Portfolio and oral defense of the contents of that portfolio will constitute the final examination. Each student will prepare a professional portfolio on topics relating to the student’s course of study and the internship. The professional portfolio must be submitted to the student’s advisory committee for approval prior to the examination. The student’s advisory committee will conduct the examination, which will include an oral presentation prepared by the student. Persons other than members of the graduate faculty may, with mutual consent of the candidate and the major professor, attend final examinations for advanced degrees. Upon completion of the questioning of the candidate, all visitors must excuse themselves from the proceedings. A positive vote by all members of the graduate committee with at most one dissension is required to pass a student on his or her exam. All committee members should attend the final examination. If one of the members cannot attend the examination, he or she must find an appropriate substitute. The committee chair may not be substituted.

The request for permission to hold the final examination must be submitted to the Office of Graduate Studies at least ten working days prior to the exam. Please see the Office of Graduate Studies website (ogs.tamu.edu/OGS/current/Forms.htm) for the forms. It also should include the signatures of approval of the committee chair and the chair of the intercollegiate faculty certifying the student’s eligibility for the exam. Examinations which are not completed and reported as satisfactory to the Office of Graduate Studies within 10 working days of the scheduled examination date will be recorded as failures. A student may be given only one opportunity to repeat the final examination for the master’s degree and that must be within a time period that does not extend beyond the end of the next regular semester. No examination may be held prior to the mid-point of the semester or summer term in which a student will complete all remaining courses on the degree plan. A Master of Biotechnology student does not qualify to petition for an exemption from the final exam.