REGISTERING FOR CLASSES
•First year students: A rotation lab must be chosen before registering for classes.
•Second year students: The Preliminary Examination must be passed, a thesis laboratory chosen, continuation approved by the Graduate Program Committee, and an NIH termination notice completed prior to registering for Fall Semester; 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 Semester.
•Third year students and beyond: Students must be current with Thesis Committee meetings prior to registering each semester. (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.
Required Courses:
FIRST YEAR
Course |
Credits |
Semester |
Title |
IDPT 7811 |
2 |
Fall |
Biomedical Sciences Core Course I |
IDPT 7812 |
2.5 |
Fall |
Biomedical Sciences Core Course II |
IDPT 7813 |
2.5 |
Fall |
Biomedical Sciences Core Course III |
IDPT 7814 |
1.5 |
Fall |
Biomedical Sciences Core Course IV |
IDPT 7815 |
1.5 |
Fall |
Biomedical Sciences Core Course V |
IMMU 7650 |
1 |
Fall |
Research in Immunology (OV1) |
IMMU 7650 |
1 |
Fall |
Research in Immunology (OV2) |
IMMU 7662 |
6 |
Spring |
Immunology |
IMMU 7650 |
1 |
Spring |
Research in Immunology (OV3) |
IMMU 7650 |
1 |
Summer |
Research in Immunology (OV4) |
SECOND YEAR
Course |
Credits |
Semester |
Title |
IMMU 7607 |
1 |
Fall |
Science as a Profession |
IMMU 7650 |
4 |
Fall |
Research in Immunology |
IMMU 7602 |
1 |
Spring |
Special Topics in Tumor Immunology |
IMMU 7604 |
1 |
Spring |
Special Topics in Clinical Immunology |
IMMU 7604 |
1 |
Spring |
Special Topics in Signal Transduction in the Immune System |
MICRO 7704 |
2 |
Spring |
Host Response to Infectious Disease |
*IMMU 8990 |
Variable |
Summer |
Doctoral Thesis |
*Only required if the comprehensive exam is completed before the end of Fall semester.
THIRD - FIFTH YEARS
Course |
Credits |
Semester |
Title |
IMMU 8990 |
5 |
Fall/Spring |
Doctoral Thesis |
IMMU 8990 |
1 (5 if defending) |
Summer |
Doctoral Thesis |
II. Elective Courses:
The courses in this group may change from year to year. Students completing the required courses will have accumulated the necessary 30 semester hours of course work and will not need to complete additional course work. However, the following list of electives are available but must be approved by the thesis advisor and should be approved by the written permission of the Graduate Program Steering Committee.
Course |
Credits |
Semester |
Title |
BIOS 6606* |
3 |
Fall/Spring |
Statistics for the Basic Sciences |
BMST 7350 ** |
2 |
Fall |
Protein Chemistry |
BMST 7354*** |
2 |
Fall |
Structural Analysis of Biomolecules |
IDPT 7200 |
2 |
Spring |
Scientific Writing for Biomedical PhD Students |
IDPT 7646 |
3 |
|
Tissue Biology and Disease Mechanisms |
MICB 7701 |
3 |
Spring |
Molecular Virology and Pathogenesis |
MICB 7702 |
2 |
Spring |
Molecular Mechanisms of Bacterial Disease |
NRSC 7600 |
3 |
Fall |
Cellular and Molecular Neurbiology |
NRSC 7615 |
2 |
Spring |
Developmental Neurobiology |
PHCL 7606 |
3 |
Spring |
Receptors and Cell Signaling |
PHCL 7611 |
4 |
Spring |
Bioinformatics |
PHSC 7530 |
2 |
Spring |
Cancer: Experimental and Medical Aspects |
*Cross-listed as BIOI 7606
**Cross-listed as PHSC 7350
***Cross-listed as PHSC 7354
III. Doctoral Thesis Credits:
Course |
Credits |
Title |
IMMU 8990 |
5 |
Thesis Credits |
All students must be continually registered upon completion of the Comprehensive exam. For Fall and Spring Semesters students need to register for 5 Thesis Credits; for Summer Semesters students need to register for only 1 Thesis Credit unless defending. Non-registration for two consecutive semesters 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. It is important to understand that transfer from either program into the Immunology Program depends on an Immunology faculty member agreeing to accept the student into her/his lab for their thesis work.
**Students may request to transfer credit of previous graduate work into the Program, upon satisfactory completion of at least one semester in the Graduate School at UC Denver as a regular degree student. Grades in the courses requested for transfer must be no lower than B. Please contact the Program Office for additional requirements/policies. The Graduate Program Committee will not consider transfer of credit for the required core Immunology sequence.
