Biomedical Sciences Core Courses
Anatomy, Physiology, and Pharmacology
Students must include courses in at least two of the four categories
BMS Core Requirements*
- BCHE 7200 Advanced Biochemistry I
- BCHE 7210 Advanced Biochemistry II
- STAT 7000 Experimental Statistics
- VBMS 7280 Physics of Diagnostic Imaging
- VBMS 7500 Cellular and Molecular Immunology
- VBMS 7520 Eukaryotic Molecular Biology
- VBMS 7540 Current Topics in Molecular Virology
- VBMS 7710 Advanced Eukaryotic Molecular Biology
- VBMS 7720 Developmental Molecular Biology
* For Master’s program, a minimum of 6 credit hours are required. For PhD program, a minimum of 12 credit hours are required.
Thesis Option:
Minimum of 4 semester hours of VBMS 7990 Research and Thesis
Non‐Thesis Option:
Minimum of 3 semester hours of VBMS 7980 Non‐Thesis Research
Maximum of 3 semester hours may be counted toward minimum degree requirements
Pathobiology
Students must include courses in at least two of the four categories
BMS Core Requirements*
- BCHE 7200 Advanced Biochemistry I
- BCHE 7210 Advanced Biochemistry II
- STAT 7000 Experimental Statistics
- VBMS 7280 Physics of Diagnostic Imaging
- VBMS 7500 Cellular and Molecular Immunology
- VBMS 7520 Eukaryotic Molecular Biology
- VBMS 7540 Current Topics in Molecular Virology
- VBMS 7710 Advanced Eukaryotic Molecular Biology
- VBMS 7720 Developmental Molecular Biology
* For Master’s program, a minimum of 6 credit hours are required. For PhD program, a minimum of 12 credit hours are required.
Pathobiology Core
- BIOL 6260 Prokaryotic Molecular Genetics
Pathobiology Electives
- STAT 7010 Experimental Statistics II
- BCHE 7220 Principles of Cellular and Molecular Enzymology
- BCHE 7230 Biochemistry of Macromolecules
- VBMS 7450 Selected Topics in Graduate Education Research
- VBMS 7460 Bacterial Pathogenesis
- VBMS 7470 Advanced Epidemiology
- VBMS 7480 Methods in Immunology
- VBMS 7490 Diagnostic Techniques in Veterinary Microbiology
- VBMS 7530 Experimental Techniques in Molecular and Cell Biology
- VBMS 7540 Current Topics in Molecular Virology
- VBMS 7640 Mechanisms of Disease
- VBMS 7650 Veterinary Protozoology Andentomology
- VBMS 7660 Veterinary Helminthology
- VBMS 7670 Pathology Parasitic Diseases
- VBMS 7970 Research Problems in Biomedical Sciences
- VBMS 7990 Research and Thesis in Biomedical Sciences
- VBMS 8950 Biomedical Sciences Seminar
- VBMS 8990 Research and Dissertation
Thesis Option:
Minimum of 4 semester hours of VBMS 7990 Research and Thesis
Non‐Thesis Option:
Minimum of 3 semester hours of VBMS 7980 Non‐Thesis Research
Maximum of 3 semester hours may be counted toward minimum degree requirements
Clinical Sciences
Clinical Science Core*
- VBMS 7070 Endocrinology
- VBMS 7090 Clinical Pharmacology
- VBMS 7210 Radiation Biology
- VBMS 7470 Advanced Epidemiology
- VBMS 7530 Experimental Techniques in Molecular & Cellular Biology
- VBMS 7640 Mechanisms of Disease
- ANSC 7600 Physiology of Reproduction
* For Master’s program, a minimum of 6 credit hours are required. For PhD program, a minimum of 12 credit hours are required.
Thesis Option:
Minimum of 4 semester hours of VBMS 7990 Research and Thesis
Non‐Thesis Option:
Minimum of 3 semester hours of VBMS 7980 Non‐Thesis Research
Maximum of 3 semester hours may be counted toward minimum degree requirements