Degrees Offered:
| Program Title |
Ph.D. |
Ed.D. |
M.S. |
M.A. |
Master |
M.Ed. |
MFA |
| Immunology |
Y |
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Y |
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GRADUATE FACULTY
Director of Graduate Programs:
S. Tonkonogy, Box 8401, 513-6252, sue_tonkonogy@ncsu.edu, Population, Health, and Pathobiology
Professors:
G. W. Almond, E. B. Breitschwerdt, G. A. Dean, F. J. Fuller, B. Hammerberg, L. C. Hudson, S. L. Jones, S. M. Laster, T. J. Olivry, B. Sherry, M. B. Tompkins, W. Tompkins;
Research Professors:
E. A. Havell;
Adjunct Professors:
M. K. Selgrade;
Associate Professors:
S. Tonkonogy;
Assistant Professors:
A. J. Birkenheuer, P. R. Hess, M. D. Koci, M. L. Sikes, S. E. Suter, J. A. Yoder;
Research Assistant Professors:
J. E. Fogle, K. E. Howard, S. K. Nordone;
Adjunct Assistant Professors:
M. I. Gilmour
Course offerings or
research facilities are available in the following areas: infectious disease
immunology, mucosal immunology, immunotoxicology, immunoparasitology, environmental
immunology, and immunology of non-vertebrate species.
Students will be accepted into the immunology program based on their academic
records (GPA) as undergraduates and/or as veterinary or medical students,
results of the GRE, letters of recommendation and expression of interest in
immunology. For the Ph.D. program, special consideration will be given to
students who have prior experience in a research laboratory setting, especially in immunology, microbiology, biochemistry or
genetics, or students who are completing strong clinical residency programs.
Completed applications should be received by December 1 for fall admission.
To be admitted, a student
should be a graduate of a major accredited biological science or medical science
program. Students lacking appropriate courses may be considered for admission
but will be required to make up certain undergraduate deficiencies without
graduate credit.
Ph.D. and Master's students must take IMM 751 (Immunology) and at least one other 700-level immunology
course, and a graduate-level biochemistry course (e.g. BCH 553 Biochemistry of
Gene Expression). Also required are CBS 662 (Professional Conduct in Biomedical Research)
and ST 511 (Experimental Statistics for Biological Sciences I). IMM 816
(Advanced Topics in Immunology) is
required each semester. The remaining credit hours should include seminar (IMM
807) and research and teaching credits.
Students wishing to pursue a minor in Biotechnology should complete the core course in biotechnology (BIT 510) and two additional credit hours in the biotechnology series.
Graduate assistantships are available to students in the immunology program
through the affiliated departments and graduate training grants. In addition,
there are graduate research assistantships provided by individual faculty of the
program.
The immunology program is an interdepartmental graduate program with faculty
drawn from the College of Veterinary Medicine and the College of Agriculture and
Life Sciences.
For administrative purposes, all students accepted into the program will also
have to be student members of one of the participating departments.
Click on Graduate
Courses for current course information.