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Doctorate (PhD) in Microbiology and Immunology

On the following page, you will find the proposed course sequence for the Doctorate (PhD) in Microbiology and Immunology program.

  • 4-year program (Average duration)

  • The following course sequences show you which courses you should take for your particular program and in which term you should take them. They help you plan your course schedule.

    • Course sequences are only guidelines.

    • Some graduate courses are offered every year, others in alternating years.

  • Visit My Academic Requirements in uoZone to make sure you enrol in all courses or activities you need to obtain your degree.

Scroll down to the bottom page to see:

  • the important milestones to complete every year for the full length of your program

  • the tool box (Links to forms, the description of the courses and other useful links)

First Term

Courses

  • Optional course units from the list of approved Microbiology and Immunology (MIC) courses

  • MED 81661 Professionalism and Professional Skills

  • MIC 8366 Seminar

  • THD 9999 Thesis

Milestones

  • Fill out the Nomination of your Thesis Advisory Committee (TAC) Members form.

  • Organise and meet with your Thesis Advisory Committee (TAC) before the end of the first term. It is essential that you schedule your TAC meeting well in advance.

  • Complete your section of the Thesis Advisory Committee report.

  • Submit the Thesis Advisory Committee report before the end of this term through the Service Request application in your uoZone account.

Notes:

Second Term

Courses

  • Optional course units from the list of approved Microbiology and Immunology (MIC) courses

  • MED 81662 Professionalism and Professional Skills 

  • MIC 8366 Seminar

  • THD 9999 Thesis

Milestone

  • Submit the Annual Research Progress report before the end of the second term through the Service Request application in your uoZone account.

Notes

Third Term

Courses

  • Optional course units from the list of approved Microbiology and Immunology (MIC) courses

  • MIC 8366 Seminar

  • THD 9999 Thesis

  • List of approved MIC graduate courses.

  • In some cases, we may cancel classes with low enrolment or convert them into Directed Studies.

  • Some graduate courses are offered every year, others in alternating years.

  • There are no MIC graduate courses available during the spring/summer term (excluding seminars and research activities).

  • MED 8166 Part 1 and 2 is compulsory for all students enrolled in a PhD program and attendance is mandatory for all workshops. 

THD 9999 & MIC 8366: Continuous activities

  • Once you have enrolled for the first time in a continuing activity such as the seminar or thesis, you must maintain your enrolment until the activity is completed.

Enrolment to continuous activities:

  • MIC 8366: Enrolment to MIC 8366 is not automatic.
    Every term, you must go to your uoZone to enroll to this continuous activity before the deadline.

  • THD 9999: After your first (manual) enrolment to the thesis, all subsequent enrolments are automatic, unless you have a hold on your account, which will require that you manually enroll once you have arranged to have your hold lifted.

MIC 8366 Seminar Series

  • You must attend a minimum of 15 seminars during the fall and winter term and track your seminar attendance using the Student Seminar Report form.

  • You must remain enrolled to MIC 8366:

    • during the spring-summer term, and

    • until permission to write, and a grade of ‘Satisfactory’ is recorded.

  • As part of the requirements of the Seminar Series, you must attend the BMI Seminar and Poster Day.

  • BMI Seminar & Poster Day: Participation as a presenter either for a poster or a seminar is mandatory every year until permission to write is granted

Fourth Term

Courses

  • MIC 8366 Seminar

  • MIC 9998 Comprehensive Examination

  • THD 9999 Thesis

Milestones

  • Meet with your TAC.
    You must hold your second TAC meeting within 16 months of initial enrolment.

  • Submit the Thesis Advisory Committee report before the end of this term through the Service Request application in your uoZone account.

Notes

  • If you have not submitted your TAC report by the end of this term, you will not be able to enrolment for future terms.

  • Completion of the comprehensive examination should occur within 4 or 5 term of your first enrolment.

Fifth Term

Courses

  • MIC 8366 Seminar

  • MIC 9998 Comprehensive Examination (If not completed)

  • THD 9999 Thesis

Milestones

  • Submit the Annual Research Progress report before the end of the second term through the Service Request application in your uoZone account.

  • Completion of the Comprehensive Examination, if not completed, before the end of this term.

Note

  • If you have not submitted your Progress Report by the end of the term, you will not be able to enrolment for future terms.

Sixth Term

Course

  • MIC 8366 Seminar

  • THD 9999 Thesis

Milestone

  • In the event you have to redo the comprehensive examination, you must complete successfully the oral exam before the end of this term.

Year 3 Course Sequence and Milestones

Seventh Term

Course

  • MIC 8366 Seminar

  • THD 9999 Thesis

Milestone

  • Submit the Thesis Advisory Committee report before the end of this term through the Service Request application in your uoZone account.

Note

  • If you have not submitted your TAC report by the end of the term, you will not be able to enrolment for future terms.

Eight Term

Course

  • THD 9999 Thesis

Milestone

  • Submit the Annual Research Progress report before the end of the second term through the Service Request application in your uoZone account.

Note

  • If you have not submitted your Progress Report by the end of the term, you will not be able to enrolment for future terms.

Ninth Term

Course

  • THD 9999 Thesis

Year 4 Course Sequence and Milestones

Tenth Term

  • THD 9999 Thesis

Milestone

  • Submit the Thesis Advisory Committee report before the end of this term through the Service Request application in your uoZone account.

Note

  • If you have not submitted your TAC report by the end of the term, you will not be able to enrolment for future terms.

Eleventh Term

Course

  • THD 9999 Thesis

Milestone

  • Submit the Annual Research Progress report before the end of the second term through the Service Request application in your uoZone account.

  • Obtain permission to write before or during this term.

Note

  • If you have not submitted your Progress Report by the end of the term, you will not be able to enrolment for future terms.

Twelfth Term

Course

  • THD 9999 Thesis

Milestone

  • Meet with your Thesis Advisory Committee (TAC).
    You must hold your first TAC meeting during the first term.
    Your meetings can be more frequent, but once a year, for every subsequent years, you must meet with your TAC.

  • Submit the following forms:

    • Submit the form by email to the Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies Office before April 30 or once you have obtained permission to write.

    • Submit these two forms through the Service Request application in your uoZone account:

      • Report of the TAC

      • Annual Research Progress Report

  • Attend BMI Seminar & Poster Day.

    • All MIC students are required to present either a poster or a seminar, until permission to grant is granted.