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