The MD-PhD required curriculum for the PhD consists of 72 credit hours from required and elective courses, drawn from these lists.
ANA 500 | Anatomy | 6.0 cr |
IMC 502 | Fundamentals I | 7.2 cr |
IMC 504 | Fundamentals II | 3.8 cr |
IMC 510 | GI and Metabolism | 5.5 cr |
IMC 514 | Musculoskeletal | 2.5 cr |
IMC 602 | Cardiovascular | 7.2 cr |
IMC 606-610 | Neuroscience I and II | 3.8 cr |
36.0 cr |
ES 502 | Neuromuscular and Metabolic Responses to Exercise | 3.0 cr |
ES 503 | Cardiopulmonary Responses to Exercise | 3.0 cr |
CHB 550 | Population Health and Wellbeing | 3.0 cr |
NTR 503 | Nutrition and Health | 3.0 cr |
NTR 505 | Exercise Nutrition | 2.0 cr |
ES 620 | Grant Writing | 2.0 cr |
CHB 620 | Research Ethics (or equivalent) | 3.0 cr |
ES 598 | Dissertation | 10-12.0 cr* |
MST 601 | MD-PhD Research Seminar | 1.0 cr/sem |
* A minimum of 10 credit hours of dissertation credit (ES 598) is required, with a maximum of 12 credits. You are expected to spend a minimum of four semesters involved in laboratory research.
Remaining credit hours will be selected to fulfill competencies in statistics, scientific and grant writing, and research ethics.