REGISTERING FOR CLASSES
First Year Students - A rotation lab must be chosen before registering for classes.

Second Year Students - A thesis laboratory must be chosen, the Preliminary Examination passed, continuation approved by the Graduate Program Committee, and an NIH termination notice completed prior to registering for fall quarter; the Comprehensive Examination Committee must be chosen prior to registering for Spring semester; and a Thesis Committee meeting held and the Comprehensive Exam passed prior to registering for summer quarter.

Third Year Students and beyond - Students must be current with Thesis Committee meetings prior to registering each quarter. (Thesis Committee meetings for students in the 3rd year and beyond must be held every six months unless another time frame is specified by their Committee Chair.)

COURSES
The Program Curriculum and Graduation requirements are 30 semester credit hours of coursework and 30 semester credit hours of thesis credits. All required course work should be completed before the end of the second year. Changes in the overall structure of the program may occur. This summary reflects the current requirements.

I. Required Courses:

All required courses except IMMU 7602, IMMU 7603 and PHCL 7605 should be completed by the end of the first year.
*For students transferring to Immunology from the BSP program, Research in Immunology credit will be given based on an evaluation of the student's performance in rotation laboratories while a BSP student. The amount, if any, of additional credit will be determined by the Graduate Program Director. (This process is necessary in an attempt to equalize rotation credits between the BSP program and the Immunology program which give different numbers of credit/quarter hour for rotation work.)

II. Elective Courses:
The courses in this group may change from year to year. Students generally require 4 credit hours from the courses this list in order to complete the requisite 45 hrs. of coursework. Additional courses may be approved by the written permission of the Graduate Program Committee.

*Students may take IDPT 7200 as an elective; however, they must not use this course to work directly on their comprehensive exam or on their thesis.
**Also listed as PHSC 7350.

III. Doctoral Thesis Credits:

All students must register for 5 units/quarter. Students are allowed to register for three of the four quarters. Non-registration for two consecutive quarters is not allowed.
**Students transferring to Immunology from the Biomedical Sciences (BSP) or Medical Scientist Training (MSTP) programs may have different credit/course requirements. Applications for transfer will be evaluated based on thesis lab availability, transcripts, and performance on the preliminary exam and in rotation labs.

**Students may request to transfer credit of previous graduate work into the Program, upon satisfactory completion of at least one quarter in Graduate School at the UCHSC as a regular degree student. Grades in the courses requested for transfer must be no lower than B. Please contact the Department Office for additional requirements/policies. The Graduate Program Committee will not consider transfer of credit for the required core Immunology sequence.