Track Leader: Dr. Robert Eoff
Year 1 Fall (12 credit hours)
GPIBS Core Curriculum
Year 1 Spring (10 credit hours)
1 credit hour Seminar (BIOC 5105)
1 credit hour Scientific Communication and Ethics II (PCOL 5119)
3 credit hours Methods in Biomedical and Translational Sciences (BIOC 5109)
3 credit hours Current Trends in Biomedical Sciences (BIOC 5106)
2 credit hours Research (BIOC 5104)
Year 1 Summer (1 credit hour)
1 credit hour Research (BIOC 5104)
Year 2 Fall (10 credit hours)
2 credit hours Seminar (BIOC 5105)
1 credit hour Scientific Communication and Ethics III (PCOL 5120)
3 credit hours Biostatistics I (BIOS 5013)
4 credit hours Elective and/or Research
Year 2 Spring (10 credit hours)
2 credit hour Seminar (BIOC 5105)
1 credit hour Scientific Communication and Ethics IV (PCOL 5121)
8 credit hours Elective and/or Research
Students must take a total of 4 credit hours of Special Topics in Biochemistry or Electives from outside the Track. A variety of Special Topics courses are offered and students should choose, with the advice and consent of their advisory committee, Elective coursework that will enhance their development as a scientist. Courses administered by the Biochemistry Track that could be used to satisfy the Elective requirements include:
Special Topics in Biochemistry-Proteomics (BIOC 6102, 2 credit hours)
Special Topics in Biochemistry-Cancer Biology (BIOC 6102, 2 credit hours)
Special Topics in Biochemistry-Proteins and Enzymes (BIOC 6102, 2 credit hours)
Year 2 Summer
Candidacy Exam (research proposal submitted to committee followed by oral defense)
Years 3 – Until Degree Completion
2 credit hours of Seminar (BIOC 5105) each semester excluding summer and the semester in which the student plans to defend
8 credit hours of Doctoral Dissertation each fall and spring semester (BIOC 6104, a minimum of 18 credits required for graduation) and/or Research (BIOC 5104)
1 credit hour of Doctoral Dissertation (BIOC 6104) or Research (BIOC 5104) each summer semester
Students must successfully defend their research project in written and oral format prior to the completion of the degree.