{"id":23002,"date":"2012-09-27T12:10:50","date_gmt":"2012-09-27T16:10:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/?page_id=23002"},"modified":"2026-07-25T15:31:01","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T19:31:01","slug":"phd-curriculum","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/academics\/phd-programs-old\/phd-curriculum\/","title":{"rendered":"PhD Curriculum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We are committed to providing students with all the tools and resources necessary to excel in biomedical research and beyond.\u00a0 This means we consider not only what we teach, but also how best to teach it.\u00a0 We consider what knowledge, skills and experiences best prepare our students for the opportunities and challenges that await them.<\/p>\n<p>Students can choose from several curriculum options during their early didactic years depending on their path of entry as indicted below. \u00a0All students have the opportunity to \u00a0participate in our \u00a0professional development training. \u00a0Additionally, many of our faculty affiliated with multiple graduate programs thereby providing each student the opportunity to work within a broader research community.<\/p>\n<h5>Curriculum: \u00a0GMS Program in Biomedical Sciences (PiBS) Portal to 10 \u00a0Ph.D. Degree Options<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/pibs\/curriculum\/fbs\/\">Foundations\u00a0in\u00a0Biomedical\u00a0Sciences (FBS)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>Curriculum: University-Wide Graduate Program in Neuroscience (GPN)<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/neuro\/graduate\/about-2\/curriculum\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Graduate Program in Neurosciences<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>Curriculum: \u00a0Direct-Entry Through a Department\/Program<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/anatneuro\/neuroscience-programs\/phd-mdphd-tracks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Anatomy and Neurobiology<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/behavioral-neuroscience\/courses\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Behavioral Neurosciences<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/ppb\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pharmacology, Physiology and Biophysics\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are committed to providing students with all the tools and resources necessary to excel in biomedical research and beyond.\u00a0 This means we consider not only what we teach, but also how best to teach it.\u00a0 We consider what knowledge, skills and experiences best prepare our students for the opportunities and challenges that await them. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2491,"featured_media":0,"parent":31326,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23002"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2491"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23002"}],"version-history":[{"count":50,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23002\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":108805,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23002\/revisions\/108805"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}