Education / Doctoral & Masters Education / Systems Biology and Physiology Graduate Program / Curriculum/Schedule / Course Schedule

Course Outline

Year 1 (integrated curriculum)

SemesterCourse TitleCourse No.Credits
Summer (US)Lab Rotation 1MCBP-80011
Fall (FS)Lab Rotation 2MCBP-80011
Human PhysiologyMCP-70004
Receptor PharmacologyMCP-80313
Molecular and Cellular BiologyGNTD-7001-0054
Effective Scientific Presentation and Critical ListeningMCBP-80051
PSP Seminar  
Spring (SS)Lab Rotation 3MCBP-80011
Fundamentals of Systems BiologyMCP-70553
Statistics and Experimental Design for the Biomedical SciencesMCP-8050C3
Systems PharmacologyMCBP-80273
Ethics in ResearchGNTD-70031
Effective Scientific Presentation and Critical ListeningMCBP-80051
PSP Seminar  

Year 2

SemesterCourse TitleCourse No.Credits
Summer (US)Dissertation Research (pre-qual)MCP-90701
Fall (FS)Dissertation Research (pre-qual)MCP-90701
Effective Scientific Presentation and Critical ListeningMCBP-80051
Professional Development in Biomedical ResearchMCP-80012
PSP Seminar  
Elective (see below)  
Spring (SS)Dissertation Research (pre-qual)MCP-90701
Academic Survival SkillsNS-70773
PSP Seminar  
Elective (see below)  

Years 3–5

SemesterCourse TitleCourse No.Credits
Summer (US)Dissertation Research (post-qual)MCP-90711
Fall (FS) & Spring (SS)Dissertation Research (post-qual)MCP-90711
PSP Seminar  
Elective (see below)  
required before completing degreeCareer Opportunities in Biomedical SciencesGNTD-80032
required in Spring of Year 4Ethics RefresherGNTD-80051

Electives

SemesterCourse TitleCourse No.Credits
Fall (FS)Maternal Fetal and Neonatal PhysiologyMCP-80623
Fundamentals of Neuroscience INS-70784
Functional GenomicsGNTD-8001C3
Spring (SS)Data Science for Biomedical ResearchBMIN-70543
Computational Systems BiologyMCP-6031C2
Fundamentals of Neuroscience IINS-7079C5
Neurophysiology and BehaviorMCP-80472
Neurophysiology of DiseaseMCP-70012
Advanced Statistical Methods in PhysiologyMCP-90503
Biochemistry and Cellular SignalingGNTD-70023

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Students are expected to work full-time during summer semester on rotation or dissertation research to fulfill program requirements. Summer registration is not required.

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