{"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":"2024-06-20T10:35:21","modified_gmt":"2024-06-20T14:35:21","slug":"phd-curriculum","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/academics\/phd-programs\/phd-curriculum\/","title":{"rendered":"PhD Curriculum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Graduate Medical Sciences (GMS) at Boston University is 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\u00a0 Broadening Experiences in Scientific Training or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/best\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BEST program\u00a0<\/a>that focuses on professional development \u00a0activities ranging from seminars and workshops to classes for credit. \u00a0This program \u00a0can be explored throughout a student\u2019s tenure in GMS regardless of the student&#8217;s department\/program affiliation. \u00a0Additionally, many of our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/academics\/gms-faculty\/\">faculty<\/a> are 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>&nbsp; Graduate Medical Sciences (GMS) at Boston University is 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 [&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":95666,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23002\/revisions\/95666"}],"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}]}}