MSTP Medical Science Training Program
Curriculum
Department of Physiology & Biophysics
MSTP Required Curriculum - Physiology
Program of Study (72 Total Credit Hours)
Prerequisites from first two years of medical education curriculum:
| IMC 502 | Fundamentals I | 4.0 cr |
| IMC 504 | Fundamentals II | 3.0 cr |
| IMC 510 | GI & Metabolism and Nutrition | 6.0 cr |
| IMC 512 | Renal | 3.0 cr |
| IMC 602 | Cardiovascular | 6.0 cr |
| IMC 604 | Pulmonary | 5.0 cr |
| IMC 610 | Neuroscience II | 5.0 cr |
| IMC 612 | Endocrine | 4.0 cr |
| 36.0 cr |
Required:
| PGY 505 | Cell & Membrane Biology | 4.0 cr |
| BMS 501 | Cell Biology | 14.0 cr |
| PGY 599 | Supervised Teaching | 3.0 cr |
| PGY 701/702 | Thesis Research | 25.0 cr |
| MST 601 | MSTP Seminar | 1.0 cr |
Elective Courses with permission of the Director of Graduate Studies:
| PGY 514 | Vision | 4.0 cr |
| PGY 524 | Developmental Neurobiology | 3.0 cr |
| BMS 505 | Dynamic Cell Interactions | 2.0 cr |
| BMS 506 | Cell Growth, Differentiation, and Transformation | 2.0 cr |
| BPH 505 | Biophysical Basics: Processes | 3.0 cr |
| BPH 510 | Modeling and Systems Theory Biophysics | 3.0 cr |
| BIO 502 | Advanced Cell Biology | 4.0 cr |
| BIO 608 | Advanced Topics in Macromolecular Structure | 3.0 cr |
Preliminary Examination:
Successful completion of a Preliminary Examination is required before a student is formally admitted to candidacy for the Ph.D.