Curriculum

All biomolecular pharmacology students receiving their training in the Department share a set of foundation coursework that covers a broad range of basic disciplines: from the synthesis and function of molecules in cells to the physiology of systems necessary to sustain life in behaving organisms.

Additional shared coursework comes from more advanced graduate studies that are organized by Pharmacology faculty, such as those that direct Advanced General Pharmacology, Current Topics in Pharmacology, and Molecular Neurobiology and Pharmacology.

Students also take a flexible set of elective curriculum that best complements their thesis research interests in one of three focus areas: Cancer, Cardiovascular, and Neuroscience.  They can also take elective studies across disciplines to develop a unique training plan.  Joint degrees offered in coordination with the Graduate Program for Neuroscience have a prescribed curriculum that complements basic training in pharmacology.  In addition there is a joint biomolecular pharmacology program that is offered in coordination with the Biomedical Engineering Department on the Charles River Campus.