Curriculum
Key Points:
- All required course work can be completed during your first year
- All students are required to complete 30 didactic course hours
- Although there are nine required courses, the rest of the curriculum is very flexible
- Students must take a minimum of one course from each of the six categories of Flexible Required Courses
- There are a wide variety of elective courses to choose from in addition to the courses listed below
- You can take up to five rotations during your first year, before choosing a thesis laboratory (a miniumum of three rotations are required)
- Aging Track students are required to take the Biology of Aging Course
- Cancer Track students are required to take Introduction to Molecular Carcinogenesis
Required Courses
220-501Organization of the Cell - Term 1 (2 hr)
220-502 Molecular Methods - Term 1 (3 hr)
220-503 Genetics A - Term 1 (2 hr)
220-523 Method & Logic in Mol Biology - Term 1 (3 hr)
220-514 Science as a Profession (part 2) (1 hr)
220-505 Cell Division - Term 2 (2 hr)
220-507 Molecular Interactions - Term 3 (2 hr)
220-509 Gene Regulation - Term 3 (3 hr)
220-510 Structure of Macromolecules - Term 4 (3 hr)
Flexible Required Courses
Category 1 (Cancer)
220-508 Cancer - Term 2 (1 hr)
388-457J Intro. Molecular Carcinogenesis - Term 4 (3 hr)
Category 2 (Genetics)
220-504 Genetics B - Term 2 (2 hr)
705-421 Mammalian Molec. Genetics - Term 3 (2 hr)
388-411 Genetics of Animal Viruses (odd yrs only) - Term 4 (3 hr)
388-416 Genetics of Bacteria (odd yrs only) - Term 4 (3 hr)
705-403 Gene and Cell Therapy - Term 4 (2hr)
Category 3 (Development)
220-506 Development - Term 2 (2 hr)
444-422 Evol. Conserv. of Dev. Mech. - Term 3 (3 hr)
444-403J Neural Development* Term 4 3 hr
Category 4 (Neuroscience)
220-511 Neuroscience - Term 3 (1 hr)
444-403J Neural Development* - Term 4 (3 hr)
350-462J Concepts Learning and Memory - Term 4 (2 hr)
Category 5 (Immunology)
220-512 Immunology - Term 3 (1 hr)
344-423 Immunology - Term 2 (3 hr)
344-428 Molecular Immunology - Term 4 (3 hr)
Category 6 (Statistical/Quantitative Analysis)
705-407 Basic Statistics - Term 4 (3 hr)
805-403 Biostatistics for Transl Researchers - Term 4 (3 hr)
350-425 Intro to Stat Computing & Modeling - Term 4 (3 hr)
370-407 Biostatistics - Term 5 (3hr)
*Can be used to fulfill one category only