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Course Outline

Year 1

SemesterCourse TitleCredits
Summer (US)Lab Rotation 11
Fall (FS)Lab Rotation 21
Human Physiology4
Receptor Pharmacology3
Molecular and Cellular Biology4
Effective Scientific Presentation and Critical Listening1
PSP Seminar 
Spring (SS)Lab Rotation 31
Fundamentals of Systems Biology3
Statistics and Experimental Design for the Biomedical Sciences3
Systems Pharmacology3
Ethics in Research1
Effective Scientific Presentation and Critical Listening1
PPN Seminar 

Year 2

SemesterCourse TitleCourse No.Credits
Summer (US)Dissertation Research (pre-qual)MCBP-80711
Fall (FS)Dissertation Research (pre-qual)MCBP-80711
Effective Scientific Presentation and Critical ListeningMCBP-80051
Professional Development in Biomedical ResearchMCP-80012
PSP Seminar  
one of the following two courses:  
New Drug DiscoveryMCBP-70102
     OR  
Principles of Safety PharmacologyMCBP-70202
Elective (see below)  
Spring (SS)Dissertation Research (pre-qual)MCBP-80711
Academic Survival SkillsNS-70773
Integrative Molecular Pharmacology and MedicineMCBP-80233
PSP Seminar  
Elective (see below)  

Years 3–5

SemesterCourse TitleCourse No.Credits
Summer (US)Dissertation Research (post-qual)MCBP-90711
Fall (FS) & Spring (SS)Dissertation Research (post-qual)MCBP-90711
PSP Seminar  
Elective (see below)  
required before completing degreeCareer Opportunities in Biomedical SciencesGNTD-80032
required in Spring of Year 4Ethics RefresherGNTD-80051

Electives

SemesterCourse TitleCourse No.Credits
Fall (FS)New Drug DiscoveryMCBP-70102
Principles of Safety PharmacologyMCBP-70202
Pre-Clinical Good Laboratory PracticeMCBP-70011
Functional GenomicsGNTD-8001C3
Spring (SS)ImmunobiologyMG-70232
Pre-Clinical Drug ToxicologyMCBP-70023
Intellectual PropertyMCBP-70272
Cancer Biology and TherapeuticsCB-80804
Biochemistry and Cellular SignalingGNTD-70023
Fall (FS) or Spring (SS)Survey of ToxicologyTOX-70822

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Students are expected to work full-time during summer semester on rotation or dissertation research to fulfill program requirements. Summer registration is not required.

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