Ph.D Curriculum

Francis Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Ph.D Program
	Subject	Course No.	Title	Credit Hours
1st Year	Fall
	BIOM	5301	Core I: Biochemistry	3
	BIOM	5302	Core II: Cell Biology	3
	BIOM	5201	Core IV: Laboratory Methods in Biomedical Sciences I	2
	BIOM	6188	Biomedical Science Seminar	1
	BIOM	7201	Biomedical Graduate Education and Research I	2
	Total credit hours			11
	Spring
	BIOM	5303	Core III: Genetics	3
	BIOM	5310	Core V: Biostatistics	3
	BIOM	5101	Responsible Conduct of Research	1
	BIOM	6188	Biomedical Science Seminar	1
	BIOM	7203	Biomedical Graduate Education and Research II	2
	Total credit hours			10
	Summer
	BIOM	7970	Research in Biomedical Sciences	3
	Total credit hours			3

 

2nd Year	Fall
	BIOM	7975	Individual Research	6
	BIOM	6188	Biomedical Science Seminar	1
	BIOM	5220	Cancer Biology and Therapeutics	2*
	BIOM	5222	Advanced Human Genetics
	BIOM	5224	Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
	BIOM	5226	Principles of Virology
	Total credit hours			9
	Spring
	BIOM	7975	Individual Research	6
	BIOM	6188	Biomedical Science Seminar	1
	BIOM	5221	Microbiology	2*
	BIOM	5223	Nutrition, Epigenetics and Human Diseases
	BIOM	5225	Immunology
	BIOM	5227	Medical Physiology
	Total credit hours			9
	Summer
	BIOM	7970	Research in Biomedical Sciences	3
	Total credit hours			3

 

3rd Year	Fall
	BIOM	7975	Individual Research	6
	BIOM	6188	Biomedical Science Seminar	1
	Total credit hours			7
	Spring
	BIOM	7975	Individual Research	6
	BIOM	6188	Biomedical Science Seminar	1
	Total credit hours			7
	Summer
	BIOM	7970	Research in Biomedical Sciences	3
	Total credit hours			3

 

4th Year	Fall
	BIOM	7975	Individual Research	6
	BIOM	6188	Biomedical Science Seminar	1
	Total credit hours			7
	Spring
	BIOM	7975	Individual Research	6
	BIOM	6188	Biomedical Science Seminar	1
	Total credit hours			7
	Summer
	BIOM	7399	Individual Research/Doctoral Dissertation I	3
	Total credit hours			3

 

5th Year	Fall
	BIOM	7699	Individual Research/Doctoral Dissertation II	6
	BIOM	6188	Biomedical Science Seminar	1
	Total credit hours			7
	Spring
	BIOM	7699	Individual Research/Doctoral Dissertation III	6
	BIOM	6188	Biomedical Science Seminar	1
	Total credit hours			7
	Summer
	BIOM	7399	Individual Research/Doctoral Dissertation IV	3
	Total credit hours			3