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The Cornell system
of graduate education is unique in many respects. The concepts of academic
freedom and responsibility for one's own program provide the foundation
of the graduate experience. Salient features can best be described by
a quotation from Cornell University Courses of Study (1998-1999): Graduate
School.
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graduate program at Cornell permits an unusual degree of accommodation
to the needs and interests of the individual student. Degree requirements
are kept to a minimum. There are no specific course or credit
requirements for the advanced general degrees of Master of Arts,
Master of Science, and Doctor of Philosophy, but only such general
requirements that best accomplish the aim of graduate study: a
period of study in residence, the mastery of one subject, adequate
knowledge of allied subjects, oral examinations to establish competency
for presentation of a dissertation or thesis, and a satisfactory
dissertation or thesis. Certain advanced professional degree programs
have specific course or credit requirements that are determined
by the faculty of the professional school or college in which
the degrees are offered. A close working relationship between
the student and faculty members is essential to the graduate program
at Cornell. Under the Special Committee system the student is
guided by, and works with, at least two or three faculty members
chosen by the student to represent his or her major and minor
subjects. The major subject representative is the chair of the
Special Committee who usually has the primary responsibility for
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Graduate study at Cornell is organized into 94 major fields, independent
of traditional colleges and department units. Biological and Environmental
Engineering is one of these fields. Faculty members of the Department
of Biological and Environmental Engineering, and other departments may
be elected to membership in the graduate field of Biological and Environmental
Engineering as appropriate to their interests.
Within the field of
Biological and Environmental Engineering and the three general areas,
there are ten research specialization areas:
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- Biological
Engineering
- Biological
Engineering
- Machine
Systems
- Environmental
Engineering
- Environmental
Engineering
- Environmental
Management
- Soil
and Water Engineering
- Food and
Fiber Production Engineering
- Energy
- Food
Processing Engineering
- International
Agriculture
- Local
Roads Engineering
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These areas can be
explored more fully in the BEE
Research section. The Graduate Field of Biological and Environmental
Engineering sets and maintains standards for the program, recommends students
for graduate admission and fellowship consideration, selects students
for assistantships, and establishes special requirements for degrees.
The Director of Graduate
Studies of the field acts as liaison
between the field and the graduate school, and is the coordinator of graduate
studies of the field.
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