Curriculum

Introductory courses in the quantitative, molecular, cellular, and systems areas of biomedical science are required by GSBS and the Program in Cell and Regulatory Biology, as indicated below. Each Track in the Program also requires and/or recommends additional courses. Substitutes for any of these courses may be authorized jointly by the student’s Advisory Committee and the Program Director.

REQUIRED COURSES (ALL TRACKS)

With the approval of the Advisory Committee and the Program Director, students may place out of courses they have already taken. All students in the Program in Cell and Regulatory Biology are required to take the course, Seminar in Regulatory Biology at least once.

• GS040751 Seminar in Regulatory Biology

Quantitative (choose one)

• GS010014 Biomedical Statistics
• GS030102 Current Methods in Molecular Research (two semesters required)

Molecular (choose one)

• GS030014 Metabolic Biochemistry
• GS030024 Topics in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Cellular

• GS040013 Cell Biology

Systems

• GS120254 Cell and Systems Physiology (recommended)

Other Systems courses may be substituted, such as:

• GS040063 Cancer Biology
• GS040076 Developmental Biology
• GS140017 Neuroscience

TRACK RECOMMENDATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS

Listed below are courses that are recommended or required (if indicated), depending upon the track and the research goals of the student. See our list of suggested first year courses for typical selections.

Cell Biology Track

• GS130024 Mechanisms of Hormone Action and Signal Transduction
• GS040123 Eukaryotic Gene Expression
• GS110032 Introduction to Genomics and Bioinformatics
• GS040111 Seminar in Cell Cycle, Apoptosis and Signal Transduction

Physiology Track

• GS120262 Cellular Basis of Cardiac Function
• GS140103 Cellular Neurobiology: Molecular and Developmental
  

Pharmacology Track

Two Pharmacology courses are required:

• GS130024 Mechanisms of Hormone Action and Signal Transduction (required)
• GS130013 Medical Pharmacology I

The following course can serve as a substitute for students on the Pharmacoinformatics Training Grant:
HI500 Introductory Informatics for the Biomedical Research Sciences taught at the School of Public Health by Ananth Annapragada.