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General Requirements

The curriculum consists of an interdisciplinary core of courses that each student is required to successfully complete and additional graduate courses, deemed necessary by the student's research committee, available from among all course offerings through this and other graduate programs.  Minimal requirements of the Graduate College are the successful completion of 180 total graduate credits including research, with no less than 54 course credits of graduate course work, 18 of which must be outside the area of Cell and Developmental Biology.

Course Requirements

The Program Director and the student have the major responsibility for determining the student's initial training in the first year. During the first year the student typically enrolls in graduate courses selected from the core curriculum, unless these graduate requirements have already been completed, in which case additional elective course offerings may be selected. Each student is expected to maintain no less than a B (3.0) average in all course work. Attendance at all scheduled lectures, laboratories and other classroom activities is required. In general, all coursework should be completed by the end of the second year.

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Core Curricullum	Course Name	Credits
CB 570	Pathological Aspects of Disease	3
CB 611	Advanced Topics in Cell Biology	3
CB 625	Principles of Molecular & Cell Development	3
CB 616, 626, 636	Current Topics in MCB I,II, III	1
CB 710, 720, 730	Seminar I,II,III	1
CB 910, 920, 930	Research	Variable
BI 525	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology- G.I.T.	3
GC 550	Foundations in Biomedical Sciences	10
GC 640	Research Ethics: Responsible Conduct	1
GC 660	Statistical Methods for Data Analysis	3
Recommended Electives
AN 530	Neuroanatomy	4
BI 624	Extracellular Matrix Proteins & Complex	2
CB 615	Developmental Biology & Teratology	3
GE 636	Regulation of Cell Cycle & Apoptosis	3
GE 637	Advanced Mammalian Genetics	3
IMP 505	Fundamentals of Immunology	3
IMP 685	Advanced Topics in Virology & Neurovirology	3
MI 530	Microbial Pathogenesis of Disease	2
NS 700	Introduction to Neuroscience	4
NS 705	Developmental Neurobiology	3
NS 725	Advanced Topics in Neurobiology	2
PR 680	Molecular Pharmacology	3
PS 631	Membrane and Cell Physiology	2
PS 651	Special Topics in Cell Signal Transduction	2
PS 652	Special Topics in Ion Channel Biophysics	2

Year 1

* Research credits should be selected so that total credits = 20 for Fall, 30 for Spring 1 + Spring II and 10 for Summer

** Can be taken YEAR 1 or YEAR 2

Year 2

*** - Option to select this course in the Fall or Spring I semester

Suggested Elective Courses

Note: Total course Credits (excluding research rotation and research) must total 54 to receive the PhD degree

Certain components of the Core Curriculum may be modified or waived to account for the individual experience and background of the student. Any modifications must be approved by the Program Director. In addition to the required courses, the graduate program and College offer a wide range of additional introductory and upper level courses which are available to students. Additional elective graduate courses are available from among all course offerings within the Graduate College. The student, in consultation with his/her research advisor, may thus select course offerings that meet specific objectives and/or needs.