Graduation Requirements
Students must complete the following coursework to graduate: core courses, laboratory rotation and research area-specific courses. Students then transition to thesis research.
Course Curriculum Available
- Advance Cell Biology
- Advanced Molecular Biology and Gene Regulation
- Principals of Biostatistics I: Descriptive methods and introduction to statistical inference
- Biomedical Ethics
- Experimental Design and Disease Modeling
- Pre-Thesis Research
- Advances Musculoskeletal Biology
- Advanced Neurobiology
- Advanced Cancer Biology and Therapeutic Mechanisms
- Advanced Immunology and Immune System Dynamics
- Biomedical Science Journal Club: Critical Analysis and Discussion
- Thesis Research
*Please see University Catalog for specific requirements
Year 2: Research Experience
Year two will be determined by the research. The student’s assessment at this time is related to the following learning outcomes:
- Acquisition of research skills, collection of data and data analysis, as well as interpretation of results related to research addressing original research question.
- Capable of independent critical thinking and writing, as well as proposing, performing and effectively presenting their research.
- Working collaboratively with other scientists, physicians and health care professionals, to provide and obtain feedback concerning the approach to research problems, data analysis and implications of research.
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