GRADUATE PROGRAM IN CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR PHARMACOLOGY
Curriculum
Overview
- Entry level CMP students take the first year curriculum of the Molecular Biosciences umbrella program.
- Students do three laboratory rotations in their first year. Typically by the end of the third rotation, each student will have identified the lab in which he/she will perform thesis research.
- At the end of the first year curriculum (sometime in June), entry level students take a written qualifying exam.
- The CMP Graduate Program specifies the curriculum for subsequent years. You can also choose to participate in the Cancer Biology Concentration as part of the CMP graduate program.
- The propositional/oral exam is taken within one year of completing the written qualifying exam. It is intended to be a discussion of the student's proposed thesis research.
- Beginning in the year following the oral qualifying exam, each student meets with a Research Advisory Committee annually to review the student's progress towards completion of research and defense of his/her thesis.
- Students completing the CMP Graduate Program earn a PhD degree from the School of Graduate Studies.
| First Year | |
|---|---|
| Molecular Biosciences Requirements | 23 credits |
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Fund of Molec Biosciences (16:695:538) |
6 credits |
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Experimental Meth in Molec Biosci (16:695:539) |
2 credits |
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Essential Skills I (16:695:551) |
1 credit |
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Ethical Scientific Conduct (16:115:556) |
1 credit |
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Lab Rotation I and II (16:695:615) |
4 credits |
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Mini-Courses in Molec Biosciences (16:695:621-638, 1 credit each) |
6 credits |
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Essential Skills II (16:695:552) |
1 credit |
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Lab Rotation III (16:695:615) |
2 credits |
| Subsequent Year Requirements | |
| Principles of Drug Action and Targeting (16:718:680) | 3 credits |
| Four of six seminar CMP Program seminar courses (see CMP Courses) | 8 credits |
| Prog Reports of MBS Students (every semester) (16:695:600) | 0 credits |
| Statistics (16:115:557 or 16:125:578 or 16:960:501) | 3 credits |
| Advanced Research | 24 credits |
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The Cancer Biology Training Program(CBTP) substitutes 2 of the CMP seminar courses for a total of 4 credits from the courses listed below. Courses used to fulfill Molecular Biosciences requirements cannot be reused to fulfill CBTP requirements. |
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| Topics in Molecular Medicine (16:681:681) | 1 credit |
| Genomics in Cancer Therapeutics (16:718:603) | 3 credits |
| Cancer Genes and Cell minicourse (16:695:check each spring for course #) | 1 credit |
| Cancer Cell Metabolism minicourse (16:695:check each spring for course #) | 1 credit |
| Cancer and Clinical Oncologyy minicourse (16:695:check each spring for course #) | 1 credit |
| p53 minicourse (16:695:check each spring for course #) | 1 credit |
16:115:558 Ethical Scientific Conduct Refresher. This course is required of all 5th year graduate students as well as MD/PhD in the 3rd year of PhD. This is a case-based course that reviews the most important topics in Responsible Conduct of Research. It complies with NIH requirements.
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