M.D./Ph.D. Program

Earns the Ph.D. in Anatomy & Neurobiology
Overview: 32 Credit Ph.D. Program
Department Basic Courses: 6 Credits
Department Advanced Courses: 6 Credits
Electives or Research: 20 Credits
Department Basic Courses Required: 6 Credits
Experimental Design & Statistics 2 Credits
Journal Club 2 Credits
Professional Development/Ethics 2 Credits
Department Adavnced Courses
Offered each year
Teaching in Biomedical Science (recommended) 2 Credits
Advanced Clinical Anatomy 2 Credits
Biomedical Forensics 2 Credits
Functional Bioimaging 2 Credits
Human Reproduction and Sexuality 3 Credits
Offered once every two-three years
Autism: Clinical and Neuroscience Perspectives 2 Credits
Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience 2 Credits
Neural Development and Plasticity 2 Credits
Neurobiology of Aging 2 Credits
Neuroanatomical Basis of Neurologic Disease 2 Credits
Neurobiology of Learning and Memory 2 Credits
Neurobiology of the Visual System 2 Credits
Representative Program for MD/PhD
1st Year – Fall Semester
Experimental Design & Statistics 2 Credits
Journal Club 2 Credits
Total 4 Credits
1st Year – Spring Semester
Departmental Course I 2 Credits
Elective or Research 2 Credits
Total 4 Credits
2nd Year – Fall Semester
Electives or Research 4 Credits
2nd Year – Spring Semester
Professional Devel/Ethics 2 Credits
Department Course II 2 Credits
Total 4 Credits
3rd Year – Fall Semester
Electives or Research 4 Credits
3rd Year – Spring Semester
Department Course III 2 Credits
Elective or Research 2 Credits
Total 4 Credits
4th Year – Fall Semester
Research 6 Credits
4th Year – Spring Semester
Research 4 Credits
Department Laboratory and Teaching Courses – Electives
Methods in Neurobiology 2 Credits
Directed Teaching in the Biomedical Sciences I and II 2 – 4 Credits

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