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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:

Course Credits Semester Title
IDPT 7801 3.3 Fall Biomedical Sciences Core Course I
IDPT 7802 3.3 Fall Biomedical Sciences Core Course II
IDPT 7803 3.3 Fall Biomedical Sciences Core Course III
IMMU 7662 6.0 Spring Immunology
IMMU 7651 8 (2 hrs/each rotation) Fall/Spring Research in Immunology
IMMU 7602 1.0 Spring Special Topics in Tumor Immunology
IMMU 7603 1.0 Spring Special Topics in Clinical Immunology
IMMU 7604

1.0

Spring Special Topics in Signal Transduction in the Immune System
MICRO 7704 2.0 Spring Host Response to Infectious Disease
IMMU 8990 5.0 Fall/Spring Doctoral Thesis
IMMU 7607 1.0 Fall/Spring Science as a Profession

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.


COURSE

CREDITS

QUARTER

TITLE

BBGN 7614

3

SPRING

Physical Chemistry of Biological Molecules

BIOM 6601

3

FALL

Biostatistics Methods I

BIOM 6602

3

WINTER

Biostatistics Methods II

CDBI 7604

3

FALL

Cell Biology

CDBI 7605

3

SPRING

Developmental Biology

IDPT 7200*

2

FALL

Scientific Writing for Biomedical Ph.D. Students

IDPT 7640

3

WINTER

Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Endocrinology

IMMU 7610

2

FALL

Techniques in Immunology

MICB 7611

5

FALL

Medical Microbiology

MICB 7625

3

SPRING

Molecular Mechanisms of Baterial Disease

MICB 7626

2

SPRING

Topics in Microbial Pathogenesis

MICB 7627

4

SPRING

Molecular Virology

MICB 7628

2

SPRING

Viral Pathogenesis

MOLB 7800

4

FALL

Advanced Molecular Biology

NRSC 7613

3

FALL

Cellular Neurobiology

NRSC 7615

3

SPRING

Developmental Neurobiology

PATH 7620

4

FALL

Normal and Abnormal Biological Structure

PHCL 7350**

4

WTR/SPR

Protein Chemistry

PHCL 7606

4

SPRING

Receptors and Cell Signaling

PHCL 7621

2

FALL

Neuropharmacology

PHSC 7354

4

WTR/SPR

Spectroscopic Analysis of Biomolecules

PHSC 7360

2

SPRING

Signal Transduction

PHSC 7530

2

SPRING

Cancer: Experimental and Medical Aspects

*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:


COURSE

CREDITS

TITLE

IMMU 8990

5

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.

 
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