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First-year graduate students (G1s) are required to participate in a minimum of two rotations. The goal of the rotations is to broaden a student's scientific perspective by exposing him or her to the science and environment of different laboratories. Students may request rotations within the department or in one of the many laboratories from affiliated departments.
Students will conduct three 4-week rotations (in three different labs), or they may conduct one 8-week and one 4-week rotation (in two different labs). Students conducting research in a laboratory over the summer prior to their G1 year may count this time as one rotation, but subsequent rotations during the first year must be done in different labs. Students are strongly encouraged to pursue at least three different rotations before selecting their research advisor in order to maximize their familiarity with different research environments.
- It is expected that all students will participate in teaching sections or laboratory for two terms.
Most students teach in the spring term of their first year and the fall term of their second year.
For more information about teaching fellows at Harvard, see the
teaching fellows handbook and related publications.
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The Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning offers a wide variety of resources and services
for students who plan to serve as graduate Teaching Fellows at Harvard University.
- The GAC is intended to provide a formalized committee structure for graduate student advising during PhD studies. The committee's objectives are 1) to bring focus to the timely completion of the degree requirements, 2) to foster (non-advisor) faculty-student interactions, and 3) to provide career counseling. The GAC meets yearly beginning in the student's second year to assess research progress.
- The GAC consists of the student's advisor and two other faculty members, one of whom must be a CCB faculty member. Students may select CCB Research and/or Emeritus faculty as well as faculty from other departments to serve on their committees. While it is generally assumed that the GAC will eventually form the Dissertation Defense Committee, this is not mandatory. However, students should keep in mind that their GAC members will be more familiar with them and their research. The Graduate School requires three readers for the dissertation, two of whom must be members of the FAS, with one of the FAS members being a CCB faculty member. Questions regarding the GAC may be directed to any of the following: Mr. Tony Shaw (Co-Director of Graduate Studies), Ms. Carol Gonzaga (Assistant Director of Administration), or Ms. Kathy Oakley (Graduate Admissions and Recruiting Administrator).
Anytime between the first semester of the 2nd year up to the end of the 4th year (August 31st), a graduate student is expected to present and defend an independent research proposal. The goal of this exercise is to expand the base knowledge of the student and to assist the student in identifying and proposing research projects in fertile and interesting areas of research. Students are required to choose topics that are different from their Ph.D. research problem. Students will choose an independent research topic in consultation with their advisor. At the end of the independent research proposal presentation, there will be a short discussion on research progress to date.
Students must submit a 5-page independent research proposal to their GAC, using the guidelines already in place and specific to the area of research. All GAC meetings will be graded on a pass/fail basis. In the event of a fail grade, the committee will outline and set goals with a timeline for completion to be met by the student. An additional follow-up meeting with the GAC may be requested by the committee before the next official GAC meeting (for instance in 6 months) to assess the student?s progress and achievement of stated goals.
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