College
College of Life Sciences
Degree
Doctor of Philosophy
Campus
Center City
Format
On Campus
Duration
4 - 5 Years
Contact Information
Program Director
Program Coordinator
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107
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Curriculum
Most coursework is taken in the first year of the program. Research rotations run concurrently with the classroom experiences. Trainees will have completed much of the BSMB curriculum and identified thesis mentors by the end of the first academic year.
Year One
Fall Semester (20 Credits)
| Courses | Credits |
|---|---|
| GC 550 Foundations of Biomedical Science | 10 |
| GC 760 PhD Laboratory Rotation | 3 |
| BI 710 Seminar | 1 |
| BI 910 Research | Variable |
Winter Semester (10 Credits)
| Courses | Credits |
|---|---|
| GC 550D Rudiments of Computational Biology and Computational Medicine | 1 |
| BI 940 Research | Variable |
Spring Semesters (30 Credits)
| Courses | Credits |
|---|---|
| GC 770 PhD Laboratory Rotation | 3 |
| GC 640 Research Ethics | 1 |
| BI 525 Biochemistry – Genetics Information Transfer | 3 |
| BI 720 Seminar | 1 |
| BI 725 Current Literature | 1 |
| Statistics | TBA |
| PR 613 Macromolecular Structure: Protein Structure | 3 |
| Elective | Variable |
| BI 920 Research | Variable |
Summer Semester (10 credits)
| Courses | Credits |
|---|---|
| BI 730 Seminar | 1 |
| BI 930 Research | Variable |
Year Two
Fall Semester (20 Credits)
| Courses | Credits |
|---|---|
| Elective(s) | Variable |
| GC 665 Cell Signaling | 4 |
| BI 710 Seminar | 1 |
| BI 715 Current Literature | 1 |
| BI 910 Research | Variable |
Winter Semester (10 Credits)
| Courses | Credits |
|---|---|
| BI 940 Research | Variable |
Spring Semesters (30 Credits)
| Courses | Credits |
|---|---|
| Elective(s) | Variable |
| GC 730 Planning & Writing a Research Grant | 1 |
| BI 720 Seminar | 1 |
| BI 725 Current Literature | 1 |
| BI 920 Research | Variable |
Summer Semester (10 Credits)
| Courses | Credits |
|---|---|
| BI 930 Research | Variable |
MD/PhD Curriculum
| Course Title |
Semester | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| BI 525 - Genetic Information Transfer or GC 665 - Cell Signaling or a substitute that has been approved by both the PhD thesis advisor AND the BSMB program director | varies | varies |
| BI 715/725 - Journal Club | Fall, Spring, Summer | 1 each |
| BI 710/720/730 - Seminar | Fall, Spring, Summer | 1 each |
| BI 910/920/930/940 - Research | Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer | Variable |
| GC 640 - Research Ethics | Fall | 1 |
| GC 730 - Planning & Writing a Research Grant | Spring | 1 |
| Statistics | TBA | |
| PR 613 - Macromolecular Structures | Spring | 2 |
Common Electives
| Course Title | Semester | Credits |
| CB 615 Developmental Biology I - Embryology | Fall | 3 |
| GC 520 Cultural Humility for Life Sciences | Fall & Spring | 2 |
GC 558 Intro to UNIX & Program in C |
Summer |
3 |
GC 559 Intro to R Programming |
Summer |
3 |
GC 560 Data Visualization |
Summer |
2 |
GC 561 Data Structures and Algorithms |
Spring |
3 |
GC 562 Computational Genomics |
Fall |
3 |
GC 563 Computational Transcriptomics |
Spring |
3 |
GC 564 Data Mining & Knowledge Discovery |
Fall |
3 |
GC 565 Functional Genomics |
Summer |
3 |
GC 605 Database Design & Mgmt |
Summer |
2 |
GC 617 ManagPharm DrugDevelopProjects |
Spring |
2 |
GC 625 Drug DEvelopment Essentials |
Summer |
2 |
GC 630 Fundamentals of Clinical Trials |
Fall |
3 |
GC 636 Prin Car Mgmt – Diverse BM Careers |
Spring |
2 |
GC 642 Intro to Microscopy |
Spring |
1 |
GC 645 Genomics and Bioinformatics |
Spring |
3 |
GC 660 Statistical Methods |
Fall, Spring, Summer |
3 |
GC 675 Cancer Immunology |
Spring |
2 |
GE 636 Tumor Cell Signaling & Cell Cycle |
Fall | 3 |
GE 637 Human Genetics |
Spring | 3 |
GE 651 Pathobiology of Cancer |
Spring | 2 |
IMP 505A Fundamentals of Immunology |
Spring | 2 |
IMP 505B Immune System in Health & Disease |
Summer | 2 |
NS 700 Cellular Neurophysiology |
Spring | 4 |
NS 715 Molecular & Cellular Neuroscience |
Spring | 3 |
PR 522 General Pharmacology |
Fall | 3 |