Track Leader: Dr. Samantha Kendrick
Year 1 Fall (10 credit hours)
GPIBS Core Curriculum
Year 1 Spring (9 credit hours)
1 credit hour Seminar (IBSD 5110V, Section 002)†
1 credit hour Scientific Communication and Ethics II (PHAR 51191)
2 credit hours Biology of Cancer (BIOC 61302)
4 credit hours Electives* and/or Research (IBSD 5100V, Section 002)
1 credit hour Special Topics in IBS (IBSD 6100V, Section 006, Current Trends in Cancer Biology)
Year 1 Summer (1 credit hour)
1 credit hour Research (IBSD 5100V)
Year 2 Fall (9 credit hours)
2 credit hours Seminar (IBSD 5110V, section 002)†
1 credit hour Scientific Communication and Ethics III (PHAR 51201)
3 credit hours Experimental Design and Quantitative Analysis (PHAR 51433)
4 credit hours Electives* and/or Research (IBSD 5100V, section 002)
Year 2 Spring (9 credit hours)
1 credit hour Seminar (IBSD 5110V, Section 002)†
1 credit hour Scientific Communication and Ethics IV (PHAR 51231)
3 credit hours Introduction to Bioinformatics for Cancer Genomics (BMIG 52203)
4 credit hours Electives*, Special Topics in IBS (IBSD 6100V section 006, Current Trends in Cancer Biology) and/or Research (IBSD 5100V)
Year 2 Summer (1 credit hour)
1 credit hour Research (IBSD 5100V)
Candidacy Exam: Research proposal submitted to committee followed by oral defense. Note, students should have 8 Research credits prior to passing the candidacy exam.
Years 3 – Until Degree Completion (9 credit hours)
For each remaining Fall and Spring semester, students will enroll in:
1-2 credit hours of Seminar (IBSD 5110V)†
1 credit hour Special Topics in IBS (IBSD 6100V)
6-7 credit hours of Doctoral Dissertation (IBSD 6200V)
For each remaining summer semester, students will enroll in:
1 credit hour of Doctoral Dissertation (IBSD 6200V)
Students are required to take a minimum of 18 credits of Doctoral Dissertation (IBSD 6200V) and must successfully defend their research project in written and oral formats prior to completion of the degree.
†For Seminar, students will attend the biweekly Cancer Institute Forum and then on the off weeks a cancer relevant seminars offered in the graduate school (e.g. Biochemistry & Molecular Biology department hosts many cancer related seminars) or the Cancer Institute Grand Rounds such that a minimum of 1 seminar is attended each week.
*Electives are chosen at the discretion of the mentor and the student’s Doctoral Advisory Committee. Possible courses include but are not limited to:
Pathologic Basis of Disease (PATH 61103 – 3 credits), Histology and Laboratory Screening (PATH 61303 – 3 credits), Immunology (MBIM 51033 – 3 credits, Molecular Cell Biology (PHYO 61044 – 4 credits), Systems Therapeutics (PHAR 61003 – 3 credits), Cancer Epidemiology (EPID 53333 – 3 credits), Graduate Pharmacology and Therapeutics (PHAR 51073 – 3 credits), and Introduction to Bioinformatics for Cancer Genomics (BMIG 52203 – 3 credits).