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Requirements and Didactic Training for the Degree in Molecular and Cellular Toxicology:  An applicant for the Doctor of Philosophy degree must complete a minimum of ninety credit hours including a minimum of thirty credit hours in dissertation research, and 60 credit hours in the core curriculum and electives.  The applicant must pass a written and an oral qualifying examination.  In addition, the student must write and successfully defend a dissertation, the presentation component consisting of a seminar open to the public.

Academic Requirements:  All students are required to maintain at least a ‘B’ grade point average (3.0 GPA).  Should a student’s cumulative GPA drops below 3.0 in a semester; the student will be placed on academic probation for the next semester.  Should a student’s GPA remains below 3.0 for more than one semester; a Graduate Fellowship will not support the student.  Failure to raise the grade point average to the minimum 3.0 levels is grounds for dismissal from the program.  A failure (grade lower than ‘B’ or ‘fail’) in a Core Course may be grounds for dismissal for the program.

Core Curriculum:  The Molecular and Cellular Toxicology program is composed of a set of core (required) courses together with a set of elective courses to allow tailoring of individual training to achieve the desired preceptor emphasis.  The curriculum for the program is selected from relevant courses presently taught by the faulty in the basic science departments of the School of Medicine. The required courses will provide the student with a sufficiently broad base of knowledge and a basic comprehension of the field.  The elective courses (see below) will provide the student with more detailed knowledge and laboratory experience necessary to develop sufficient expertise in the more narrowly defined specific area(s) of research that the student will be pursuing.

 

Core Curriculum
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Catalog #:

 

Course:

Credits:

Term:

IBS 7010

 

Molecular Biology

5

Fall

IBS 7020

 

Cellular Biology

5

Fall

IBS 7050

 

Systems Biology

4

Winter

MTX 7010

 

Principles of Toxicology

3

Fall

MTX 7500

 

Molecular Toxicology (Modular)

3

Winter

 

 

 

 

 

Other Core Courses:

MTX 7710

 

Individual Stud. Mol. & Cellu. Toxicology

 

MTX 7890

 

Semi. Mol. & Cellu. Toxicology

 

 

MTX 9990

 

Pre-dissertation Research

 

 

MTX 9991-9994

 

Ph.D. Candidate Status

 

 

 

 

Ph.D. Maintenance Status

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Elective Courses:   

BMB 7320

 

Protein Structure and Function

3

Winter

BMB 7010

 

General Biochemistry Lecture

3

Fall

BMS 6010

 

Ethics in Biomedical Science

1

Summer

CB 8680

 

Molecular Mechanism - DNA Repair

3

Irregular

CB 7450

 

Tumor Immunology

3

 

CB 7220

 

Molec. Biology - Cancer Development

3

Fall

CB 7210

 

Fundamentals of Cancer Biology

3

Winter

CM 6010

 

Biostatistics 1

3

Winter

CM 7240

 

Epidemiology

3

Fall/Winter

IM 7010

 

Fundamental of Immunology

4

Winter

MGB 7600

 

Adv. Human Genetics

3

Fall/Winter

MGB 7400

 

Cellular Signaling

2

Fall

MGB 7010

 

Molecular Biology & Genetics

4

Fall

PHC 7010

 

Pharmacology Lecture

3

Winter

PHC 7210

 

Fundamentals of Cancer Biology

4

Winter

PHC 7020

 

Cell-Membrane Biology of Cancer

3

Winter

PSC 6720

 

Techniques in Animal Experiments

1

Fall

PSL 7640

 

Cell and Molecular Physiology

3

Winter

PSL 7010

 

Graduate Physiology Lecture I

4

Fall

PSL 7030

 

Graduate Physiology Lecture II

4

Winter

PTH 7380

 

Cytogenetics

2

Fall

PTH 7600

 

Molecular Pathology

3

Winter

 

 

 

 

 

Model Curriculum:  Students are expected to complete and defend the doctoral dissertation during year 5. The program requires that the student will complete a minimum of sixty 7000 level credit hours by the end of year 03 and a total of ninety credit hours (60 plus 30 hrs of Ph.D. research) by the end of year 05 or the completion of the Ph.D.

 

 

MODEL CURRICULUM

Year 1

 

 

The first year will provide the student sufficient didactic courses, laboratory experience, and seminars to enable the student to select a Graduate Advisor and begin development of a Plan of Work.

 

 

 

  

Fall

 

 

  

IBS 7010  

Molecular Biology

 

5 Credits

IBS 7020 

Cell Biology

 

5 Credits

MTX 7890

Seminars in Molecular & Cellular Toxicology

 

1 Credit
MTX 7700 Current Topics in Molecular & Cellular Toxicology   1 Credit
Audit Laboratory Rotation    

 

 

 

  

Winter

 

 

  

Systems Biology (select from the following courses):

 

4 Credits

IBS 7030

Functional Genomics (2 Cr.) 

  

IBS 7040 

Biomed. Cardiovascular, Respiratory & Renal Biol. (2 Cr.) 

  

IBS 7050

Biomedical Neurobiology (2 Cr.)  

 

  

IBS 7060 

Biomedical Endocrine Systems Biology (2 Cr.)  

 

  

IBS 7070

Biomedical Reproductive & Developmental Biology (1 Cr.)

  

IBS 7080 

Biomedical Gastrointestinal Systems & Nutrition (1 Cr.)

  

IBS 7090 

Biomedical Immunology (2 Cr.)  

 

  
Audit Laboratory Rotation    

 

 

 

  

Electives

 

 

3-6 Credits

MTX 7890 

Seminars in Molecular & Cellular Toxicology

 

1 Credit

MTX 7710

Individual Studies in Molecular & Cellular Toxicology

 

 

 

(Pre-dissertation research)

 

1 Credit
MTX 7700 Current Topics in Molecular & Cellular Toxicology  

1 Credit

 

 

 

 

Spring-Summer

 

 

 

BMS 6010

Ethics in Biomedical Science

 

1 Credit

MTX 7710

Individual Studies in Molecular & Cellular Toxicology

 

 

 

(Pre-dissertation research-Rotations)

 

4 Credits

 

 Total Year 1:

 

25-29 Credits

 

 

 

 

 

Year 2

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fall

 

 

 

MTX 7010

Principles of Toxicology

 

3 Credits

Electives

 

 

3-6 Credits

MTX 9990

Pre-Dissertation Research

 

1-6 Credits

MTX 7890

Seminars in Molecular & Cellular Toxicology

 

1 Credit

MTX 7700

Current Topics in Molecular & Cellular Toxicology

 

1 Credit

Select Dissertation Advisor

 

 

Prepare and Submit Plan of Work *

 

 

Select Dissertation Committee

 

 

 

 

 

 

Winter

 

 

 

MTX 7500

Molecular Toxicology (mini-courses)

 

3 Credits

Electives

 

 

3-6 Credits

MTX 9990

Pre-Dissertation Research

 

1-6 Credit

MTX 7890

Seminars in Molecular & Cellular Toxicology

 

1 Credit

MTX 7700

Current Topics in Molecular & Cellular Toxicology

 

1 Credit

Pass Written Qualifying Examination (March)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Spring-Summer

 

 

 

MTX 9990

Pre-dissertation Research

 

2 Credits

Prepare Dissertation Proposal