Ph.D. Curriculum

First-Year Curriculum


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Course Semester Credit Hours
Graduate Biomedical Science Sequence  
Biochemistry - GEBS 517 4
Biochemistry Lab - GEBS 517L 3
Cell and Tissue Structure - GEBS 521 3
Cell and Tissue Lab - GEBS 521L 3
Organs and Systems - GEBS 529 4
Organs and Systems Lab - GEBS 529L 3
Biomedical Genetics - GEBS 528 3
Biomedical Genetics Lab - GEBS 528L 3
   
Fundamentals of Professional Science I - GEBS 518 3
Fundamentals of Professional Science II - GEBS 519 1
Fundamentals of Professional Science III - GEBS 526 1
Fundamentals of Professional Science IV - GEBS 527 2
Fundamentals of Biostatistics - GEBS 524 3
Laboratory Rotation 1 - GEBS 513 1
Laboratory Rotation 2 - GEBS 514 1

Second-Year Curriculum

Course Semester Credit Hours
Fundamentals of Professional Science V - GEBS 610 2
Seminar in Biomedical Sciences I - GEBS503 1
Seminar in Biomedical Sciences II - GEBS 504 1
Biomedical Sciences Presentation I - GEBS 509 1
Elective(s) TBD
Dissertation Research TBD

Third-Year Curriculum

Course Semester Credit Hours
Seminar in Biomedical Sciences III - GEBS 505 1
Seminar in Biomedical Sciences IV - GEBS 506 1
Biomedical Sciences Presentation II - GEBS 510 1
Elective(s) TBD
Dissertation Research - GEBS 800 TBD

Fourth-Year Curriculum**

Course Semester Credit Hours
Seminar in Biomedical Sciences V - GEBS 507 1
Seminar in Biomedical Sciences VI - GEBS 508 1
Dissertation Research - GEBS 800 TBD

*The PhD curriculum is subject to ongoing revisions and may change during a student’s tenure, including changes that affect graduation requirements.

**Depending on the rate of progress toward achieving research goals, dissertation research often continues beyond the fourth-year of matriculation in the Ph.D. program. The student’s dissertation committee determines when, and whether, sufficient research has been successfully completed to merit the PhD degree.