The MD-PhD required curriculum for the PhD consists of 72 credit hours from required and elective courses, drawn from these lists.
| IMC 502 | Fundamentals I | 7.2 cr |
| IMC 504 | Fundamentals II | 3.8 cr |
| IMC 510 | GI and Metabolism | 5.5 cr |
| IMC 500 | Hematology | 1.0 cr |
| IMC 602 | Cardiovascular | 7.2 cr |
| IMC 604 | Pulmonary | 8.0 cr |
| IMC 606 | Endocrine | 3.3 cr |
| Laboratory Rotations | ||
| 36.0 cr | ||
| RPN 530 | Oncology for Scientists I | 4.0 cr |
| BIR 501/502 | Graduate Seminar (Fall/Spring) | 1.0 cr/sem |
| BIR 571 | Regulatory Mechanisms of Eukary Cell | 4.0 cr |
| BIR 577 | Tools & Models for Mole Onco | 3.0 cr |
| MST 601/602 | MD-PhD Seminar | 1.0 cr/sem |
| BIR 601/602 | PhD Research | 20-23.0 cr |
You may take BIR 530, Interferons and Cytokines, for 3.0 credits as an MD-PhD/Cellular & Molecular Biology elective, or electives in other departments.
*You are required to attend the graduate school seminar course each semester after prerequisites have been completed. You are also required to attend the MD-PhD seminars in all years of the program (providing your clinical rotations allow).
