Education / Doctoral & Masters Education / Systems Biology and Physiology Graduate Program / Curriculum/Schedule / Course Schedule

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)MCP-90701
Fall (FS)Dissertation Research (pre-qual)MCP-90701
Effective Scientific Presentation and Critical ListeningMCBP-80051
Professional Development in Biomedical ResearchMCP-80012
PSP Seminar  
Elective (see below)  
Spring (SS)Dissertation Research (pre-qual)MCP-90701
Academic Survival SkillsNS-70773
PSP Seminar  
Elective (see below)  

Years 3–5

SemesterCourse TitleCourse No.Credits
Summer (US)Dissertation Research (post-qual)MCP-90711
Fall (FS) & Spring (SS)Dissertation Research (post-qual)MCP-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)Maternal Fetal and Neonatal PhysiologyMCP-80623
Fundamentals of Neuroscience INS-70784
Functional GenomicsGNTD-8001C3
Spring (SS)Data Science for Biomedical ResearchBMIN-70543
Computational Systems BiologyMCP-6031C2
Fundamentals of Neuroscience IINS-7079C5
Neurophysiology and BehaviorMCP-80472
Neurophysiology of DiseaseMCP-70012
Advanced Statistical Methods in PhysiologyMCP-90503
Biochemistry and Cellular SignalingGNTD-70023

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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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