Basic Biomedical Sciences (M.S.)

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Admissions Information

Master of Science, Plan A only (thesis): Total 31 credit hours

Basic Biomedical Core 2 credit hours
Thesis 15 credit hours
Supporting courses outside of area 14 credit hours

Required core courses for M.S.: 17 credit hours

CPHD 727 - RESPONSIBLE CONDUCT OF BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH 1 cr
CPHD 790 - SEMINAR (C) 1 cr
CPHD 798 - THESIS RESEARCH (C) 1 to 9 cr (15 credit hours required)

Master of Science, Plan B (non-thesis): Total 32 credit hours

Basic Biomedical Core 4 credit hours
Supporting courses 28 credit hours

Required core courses for M.S.: 4 credit hours

Supporting Area Coursework

28 credit hours of supporting coursework from the options listed below (other choices must be approved by the student’s Advisory Committee and the Division’s Graduate Committee). Please check with the Division Office for a more comprehensive list of courses at Biomed@usd.edu or 658-6322.

BIOC 530 - PRINCIPLES OF BIOCHEMISTRY 3 cr
BIOC 752 - MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE GENE 3 cr
CPHD 601 - INTRODUCTION TO BIOINFORMATICS 3 cr
CPHD 610 - EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN AND ANALYSIS 3 cr
CPHD 702 - SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION 3 cr
MICR 518 - FUNDAMENTALS OF IMMUNOLOGY 2 cr
NSCI 710 - NEUROPHARMACOLOGY 3 cr
NSCI 731 - MEDICAL NEUROSCIENCE 3 cr
PHAR 720 - MEDICAL PHARMACOLOGY 1 to 5 cr
PHGY 730 - HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY 6 cr