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Applicants
for admission to the graduate program are required to hold
a bachelor’s degree from an accredited U.S. college or university,
or its equivalent from a recognized foreign institution of
higher learning.
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| Undergraduate
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Applicants
are expected to have had:
• 18 semester hours of Biology;
• three semesters of chemistry (inorganic and organic);
• one year of college physics (with laboratory);
• one course in calculus;
• one course in botany (with laboratory) or a two-semester
general biology course;
• a course in biochemistry or molecular biology.
Deficiencies in undergraduate preparation must be made up
within the first two years without graduate credit, except
that biochemistry or molecular biology may be taken for graduate
credit if it is at the 400-700 level.
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A
completed University of Hawai‘i graduate application form
and transcripts of all prior college level work must be submitted
to the Graduate Division office before January 15 for
admission the following August. Application forms can be obtained
from either the Graduate
Division admissions office or download from this website.
In addition, the Zoology Department requires the following:
1) GRE General Test 2) three letters of recommendation
from persons who can appraise the student’s potential as an
advanced degree candidate (these can use the Graduate
Assistantship Evaluation form, and 3) the
Supplemental Information Form).
The
GRE advanced test in Biology is not required but is
recommended and if provided will be considered by the admissions
committee. High scores on this test may also exempt incoming
students from part of the diagnostic exam.
Applicants wishing to be considered for either Research or
Teaching Assistantships also need to submit a Graduate
Assistantship Application and have three recommendations
submitted using the Graduate Assistantship Evaluation form.
These forms are available online (Application;
Evaluation)
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Students
are admitted to the Graduate Program in Zoology ONLY
if a member of the graduate faculty will “sponsor” that student,
indicating that he or she is provisionally willing to serve
as that student’s advisor. For this reason it is very important
that prospective applicants contact appropriate faculty
members well before the January 15 application deadline.
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EFFECTIVE
FALL 2002, APPLICANTS WITHOUT
A M.S. MAY APPLY FOR ADMISSION DIRECTLY INTO THE Ph.D. PROGRAM
Applicants
with a Master's degree in Zoology (or equivalent) will be
considered for admission into the Ph.D. program. Applicants
without a Master's degree may apply for either the M.S. or
Ph.D. programs, although those applying for the Ph.D. program
may be offered admission into the M.S. program instead, if
the Admissions Committee determines they are not adequately
prepared for doctoral studies.
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Faculty
members inform the Admissions Committee (in writing) of any
applicants they wish to sponsor for admission. Completed applications
having a faculty sponsor then are evaluated by the Admissions
Committee; the Committee may also try to match outstanding
applicants with sponsors. The sponsored applicants then are
ranked by the Admissions Committee, based on all their application
materials. Applicants are accepted according primarily to
this ranking, although available financial support also is
considered. Teaching assistantships are offered to the highest
ranked applicants. The overall number of new students to be
admitted is determined by the faculty.
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