Graduate Program - Molecular Basis of Disease

 

Typical Schedule for First Year Students

Full time students must enroll for a minimum of 10 credits. Please note that full-time student status is required if you are paid on a training grant.

Fall Quarter

  • PATH 507 Introduction to Pathology Faculty Research
  • Path 511 Critical Analysis and Presentation Skills
  • PATH 512 Molecular Basis of Disease: Pathology Methods for Grad Students (weeks 1-5)
  • PATH 513 Molecular Basis of Disease: Mechanisms of Neurodegeneration (weeks 6-10) 
  • PATH 520 "Pathology Presents" Seminar Series
  • PATH 551 Lab Rotation (Register for enough credits to bring your total to 10)

Winter Quarter

  • PATH 517 Molecular Basis of Disease: Aging (offered even numbered years)
  • PATH 520 "Pathology Presents" Seminar Series
  • CONJ 526 Intro to Systems Biology
  • PATH 544 General and Systemic Pathology (Part 1)
  • PATH 551 Lab Rotation (Register for enough credits to bring your total to 10)
  • Attend Graduate Student Retreat at end of quarter

Spring Quarter

  • PATH 515 Molecular Basis of Disease: Atherosclerosis and Myocardial Infarction (offered even numbered years, weeks 1-5)
  • PATH 516 Molecular Basis of Disease: Human Genetic Diseases
  • PATH 520 "Pathology Presents" Seminar Series
  • CONJ 539 Biological Basis of Neoplasia (weeks 6-9)
  • PATH 544 General and Systemic Pathology (Part 2)
  • PATH 551 Lab Rotation (Register for enough credits to bring your total to 10)

Summer Quarter

  • BIOST 511 Biostatistics
  • PATH 600 Initiation of thesis research project in laboratory of Thesis Advisor
  • Biomedical Research Integrity Series - A series of lectures and discussion sections which cover issues of ethics in research and academia
  • Attend Graduate Student Retreat at end of quarter

Elective Courses:

Electives offered by other departments may also be taken during the first year, especially in fulfillment of the 18 graded credits required before students can take the General Examination. It is often advisable, however, to take the electives after choosing a Thesis Advisor and entering a home lab so as not to interfere with the core course work taken earlier, or with the interactions necessary for successful lab rotations.