Overview| Course of Study | Research Focus Areas| Curriculum Details
|
Year |
Fall |
Winter |
Spring |
Summer |
|
1 |
GPILS Core Course
GPLS601 |
CIPP907
Rotation 1 |
GPLS716 & 618
Elective course
Rotation 2 |
Rotation 3 |
|
2 |
GPLS717
Elective course
Research or Rotation 4 |
Research |
GPLS647
Qualifying exam |
Admission to candidacy |
|
3 |
Thesis research |
|
4 |
Thesis research |
|
5 |
Thesis research |
Required Courses
- GPLS601 Core Course, Mechanisms in Biomedical Sciences (8 credit hours)
- CIPP907 Research Ethics (1 credit hour)
- GPLS716 Applied Bioinformatics (2 credit hours)
- GPLS618 Special Topics – Perl (1 credit hour)
- GPLS717 Molecular Genetics and Development in Model Systems (2 credit hours)
- GPLS647 Molecular Medicine Survival Skills (2 credit hours)
Fall Elective Courses
- GPLS616 Molecular Mechanisms of Signal Transduction (3 credit hours)
- GPLS630 Fundementals of Biostatistics ( 3 credit hours)
- GPLS635 Bacterial Genetics (3 credit hours)
- GPLS665 Special topics in Cancer Biology (3 credit hours)
- GPLS701 Advanced Molecular Biology (3 credit hours)
- GPLS705 Basic Human Genetics I (4 credit hours)
- GPLS722 Genetics and Metabolism (2 credit hours)
- GPLS750 Topics in Molecular Medicine (2 credit hours)
Spring Elective Courses
- GPLS702 Basic Immunology (3 credit hours)
- GPLS704 Principles of Virology (3 credit hours)
- GPLS706 Human Genetics Seminar (1 credit hour)
- GPLS709 Advanced Biochemistry (3 credit hours)
- GPLS710 Principles of Microbial Pathogenesis (3 credit hours)
- GPLS712 Human Cytogenetics (2 credit hours)
- GPLS760 Advances in Functional Genomics (2 credit hours)
- GPLS790 Advanced Cancer Biology (3 credit hours)