BASIC SCIENCE AND CLINICAL COURSES REQUIRED FOR MEDICAL STUDENTS
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT BUFFALO
M.D. DEGREE CURRICULUM


First Year Second Year
Fall Semester
  • Gross Anatomy
  • Clinical Practice of Medicine
  • Medicine and Society
  • Fundamentals I: Molecules, Cells and
    Molecular Genetics
  • Fundamentals II: Underlying Principles
Spring Semester
  • Clinical Practice of Medicine
  • Gastrointestinal System and Metabolism
  • Urinary Tract and Renal System
  • Musculoskeletal System and Integument
  • Hematology
Fall Semester
  • Clinical Practice of Medicine
  • Human Cardiovascular System
  • Pulmonary System
  • Neuroscience and Behavior I
Spring Semester
  • Clinical Practice of Medicine
  • Neuroscience and Behavior II
  • Endocrine and Reproductive Systems and
    Life Cycle
USMLE - Step I - Between Second and Third Year   (See USMLE section)
Third Year* Fourth Year*
  • Family Medicine / Psychiatry
  • Pediatrics / Gynecology & Obstetrics
  • Medicine
  • Surgery
  • Dilemmas in Medicine
  • Electives (2)
  • Basic Neurology NEU-801
  • Advanced Clerkship in Medicine MED-802
  • Surgical Specialties SUR-800
  • Electives (5)
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  • Note: If SUR-800 and/or NEU-801 were taken as third year elective additional electives must be completed during fourth year. A total of 8 rotations must be completed during fourth year.
*Order is determined by lottery.