MSTP Medical Science Training Program
Curriculum
Department of Microbiology & Immunology
MSTP Required Curriculum
Program of Study (72 Total Credit Hours)
Prerequisites from first two years of medical education curriculum:
| IMC 500 | Medicine and Society | 2.0 cr |
| IMC 502 | Fundamentals I | 7.2 cr |
| IMC 504 | Fundamentals II | 3.8 cr |
| IMC 510 | GI & Metabolism | 5.5 cr |
| IMC 602 | Cardiovascular | 7.2 cr |
| IMC 604 | Pulmonary | 8.0 cr |
| IMC 610 | Neuroscience II | 2.3 cr |
| Laboratory Rotations | ||
| 36.0 cr | ||
Required:
| MIC 610 | Critical Analysis | 1.0 cr |
| MIC 619/620 | Microbiology General Seminar** | |
| MST 601 | MSTP Seminar | 1.0 cr/sem |
| MIC | Ph.D. Research |
Optional:
| MIC Elective and MIC Advanced Topic Courses |
| MIC 512 | Fundamentals of Immunology | 4.0 cr |
| MIC 599 | Supervised Teaching | 1.0 cr | MIC 623 | Microbiology Block 1 (Bacteriology) | 2.0 cr | MIC 612 | Microbiology Block 2 (Virology) | 2.0 cr | MIC 513 | Microbiology Block 3 (Parasitology) | 2.0 cr |
| MIC 607 | DNA Replication and Repair | 2.0 cr |
| MIC 609 | Current Topics in Immunology | 2.0 cr |
| MIC 613 | Advanced Virology | 2.0 cr |
| MIC 624 | Bacterial Pathogenesis | 2.0 cr |
| MIC 626 | Inflammation and Cancer | 2.0 cr |
| MIC 627 | Molecular Parasitology | 2.0 cr |
** Two semesters of MIC 619/620 Seminar are required, then an additional four semesters of MIC Seminar or MIC Advanced Topic courses (6 semesters total). Prerequisite to take an Advanced Topic course is permission of instructor. The MIC Seminar can be taken concurrent with an Advanced Topic course. Students may register for the same Advanced Topic course twice but are encouraged to take Advanced Topic courses outside their area of interest.