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The Minor Proposition Exam should be completed by the end of the autumn quarter of the second year. DO NOT SCHEDULE THIS EXAM UNTIL YOUR COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP HAS BEEN AUTHORIZED. This examine involves NO laboratory work. The examination focuses on the student's ability to identify an important open question in research unrelated to the student's thesis work, to develop a hypothesis, and to outline a series of experiments required to answer the open question. A description of the background literature that justifies the importance of both the question and the approach is essential, and alternative approaches used to confirm results are described. Prior to the oral proposal, students meet with members of their minor proposition committee to discuss their specific aims and methods to accomplish those aims. Committee members give general direction, but not specific advice. The proposal is defended orally by the end of the autumn quarter. This exam not only tests whether students can think scientifically, but also prepares them for writing their own undergraduate research proposals, post-doctoral proposals, and NIH grants. The chair of your committee will compose a written evaluation of your proposal, which will be signed by all other committee members. You should download the Minor Proposition Evaluation Form and take it to your examination. If you pass your exam with flying colors, make sure that your chair fills out all information required, that you obtain all signatures, and that YOU take the form back to the Graduate Program Coordinator or drop it off in the education core. If you do not pass immediately and are required to revise certain aspects of your oral or written proposals, your chair will generally keep the form and will not sign off until you have completed the required additions to the committee's satisfaction. At that time, the committee chair will sign off on the form, and you should take it to the graduate coordinator/education office. Minor Proposition Exam
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