Dear Master's students, It's time to plan ahead for spring 2013 registration! To register for thesis or project credits (BIOL 799 or BIOL 798), you will first form a committee made up of 3 faculty with your research advisor / P.I. as the Chair. At least two committee members will be from SSB; the third member can be from another dept or SSB as long as they are a Mason faculty member. Talk with your faculty advisor for suggestions on who may be appropriate candidates for your thesis or project committee. Have your committee sign the *SSB Graduate Committee Formation Form*. Submit a proposal to them for approval ONE SEMESTER AHEAD of your planned BIOL 798 or BIOL 799 registration. Have your committee sign the *SSB MS Proposal Approval form* and send it to me with a copy of the approved proposal for processing. I will then be able to send you the CRN to register with in spring 2013. *For spring 2013 registration* the deadline to submit a graduate committee formation form with signatures to my office will be *October 30*. The deadline to submit a signed Thesis or Project proposal approval form with signatures will be *November 30*. Forms are found on http://ssb.gmu.edu/students.html thank you, Diane St. Germain -- Diane St. Germain Coordinator, Graduate Academic Programs Biology, Biosciences, Bioinformatics George Mason University MS 5B3, 10900 University Blvd. Manassas, VA 20110 Phone (703) 993-4263, Fax (703) 993-8976 -- Diane St. Germain Coordinator, Graduate Academic Programs Biology, Biosciences, Bioinformatics George Mason University MS 5B3, 10900 University Blvd. Manassas, VA 20110 Phone (703) 993-4263, Fax (703) 993-8976