MSTP Medical Science Training Program
Curriculum
Department of Structural Biology
MSTP Required Curriculum
Program of Study (72 Total Credit Hours)
Prerequisites from first two years of medical education curriculum:
| IMC 502 | Fundamentals I | 7.2 cr |
| IMC 504 | Fundamentals II | 3.8 cr |
| IMC 510 | GI & Metabolism | 5.5 cr |
| IMC 514 | Musculoskeletal | 2.5 cr |
| IMC 600 | Hematology | 1.0 cr |
| IMC 602 | Cardiovascular | 0.5 cr |
| IMC 606-610 | Neuroscience I and II | 9.0 cr |
| IMC 612 | Endocrine | 6.5 cr |
| 36.0 cr |
Required:
5th Semester – Fall |
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| STB 530 | Mathematics & Physics Topics for Biologists | 2.0 cr |
| STB 531 | Protein Expression, Purification, Crystallization | 3.0 cr |
| STB 533 | Crystallographic Methods of Structural Biology I | 3.0 cr |
| STB 612 | Structural Biology Seminar | 1.0 cr |
| MST 601* | MSTP Seminar | 1.0 cr |
| STB 700 | Ph.D. Dissertation Research | |
6th Semester – Spring
| STB 534 | Crystallographic Methods of Structural Biology II |
3.0 cr |
| BCH 507 | Protein Structure and Function | 2.0 cr |
| BIO 608 | Topics in Macromolecular Structure (Cross-listed as STB Computational Modeling of Biomolecular Structure) |
3.0 cr |
OR |
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| CHE 512 | NMR and Biomolecular Structure
(Cross-listed as STB Spectroscopic Methods of Structural Biology) |
3.0 cr |
| STB 612 | Structural Biology Seminar | 1.0 cr |
| MST 601* | MSTP Seminar | 1.0 cr |
| STB 700 | Ph.D. Dissertation Research |
Candidacy Research Proposal and Examination:
(7th through 10th Semesters)
| STB 612 | Structural Biology Seminar | 1.0 cr |
| MST 601* | MSTP Seminar | 1.0 cr |
| STB 700 | Ph.D. Dissertation Research |
*Required each semester