{"id":56884,"date":"2018-01-02T09:47:04","date_gmt":"2018-01-02T14:47:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/?page_id=56884"},"modified":"2026-07-01T15:00:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T19:00:09","slug":"pibs-first-year-curriculum","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/pibs\/curriculum\/pibs-first-year-curriculum\/","title":{"rendered":"PiBS First Year Curriculum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Note that this information is for the 2026-2027 school year and future academic year courses are subject to change.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Fall Semester<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Core Courses<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>GMS FC 712 Structure and Function of the Genome (3 cr)<\/li>\n<li>GMS FC 725 Bioinformatics (3cr)<\/li>\n<li>GMS FC 764 Professional Skills (2cr)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Possible Elective Courses<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>GMS BI 777 Techniques in Biomedical Research (2 cr)<\/li>\n<li>GMS BY 776 Macromolecular Assemblies I (2 cr)<\/li>\n<li>GMS FC 721 Statistical Reasoning for the Basic Biomedical Sciences (4 cr)<\/li>\n<li>GMS GE 701 Principles of Genetics and Genomics (4 cr)<\/li>\n<li>GMS MI 713 Comprehensive Immunology (4 cr)<\/li>\n<li>GMS NU 755 Molecular, Biochemical and Physiologic Bases of Nutrition I: Energy Balance and Micronutrients (4 cr)<\/li>\n<li>GMS NU 757 Molecular, Biochemical and Physiologic Bases of Nutrition: Regulation of Energy Balance (2 cr)<\/li>\n<li>GMS OB 763 Basic Processes in Oral Biology (2 cr)<\/li>\n<li>GMS PA 932 Histopathology (4 cr)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Lab Rotation<\/strong><br \/>\nEach student will complete one (1) lab rotation in the first semester.<\/p>\n<h3>Spring\u00a0Semester<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Core Courses<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>GMS FC 711 Protein Structure, Catalysis and Interaction (3 cr)<\/li>\n<li>GMS FC 713 Architecture and Dynamics of the Cell (3 cr)<\/li>\n<li>FC 708 Professional Development Skills<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Possible Elective Courses<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>GMS BY 762 Foundations of Biophysics and Structural Biology I (2 cr)<\/li>\n<li>GMS BY 777 Macromolecular Assemblies II (2 cr)<\/li>\n<li>GMS FC 706 Molecular Metabolism (2 cr)<\/li>\n<li>GMS FC 762 Critical Thinking in Cell and Molecular Biology (2 cr)<\/li>\n<li>GMS GE 706 Deconstructing Systemic Bias: Where Biology Ends and Bias Begins (2 cr)<\/li>\n<li>GMS MI 701 Concepts in Virology (2 cr)<\/li>\n<li>GMS MI 823 Special Topics in Microbiology (2 cr)<\/li>\n<li>GMS MM 707 Organ System Diseases (2 cr)<\/li>\n<li>GMS MM 710 Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine (2 cr)<\/li>\n<li>GMS NU 756 Molecular, Biochemical and Physiologic Bases of Nutrition: Macronutrients (4 cr)<\/li>\n<li>GMS OB 764 Basic Processes in Oral Biology (2 cr)<\/li>\n<li>GMS PA 910 Human Biospecimens for Research (2 cr)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Lab Rotations<\/strong><br \/>\nEach student will complete two (2) lab rotations in the second semester.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Note that this information is for the 2026-2027 school year and future academic year courses are subject to change. Fall Semester Core Courses GMS FC 712 Structure and Function of the Genome (3 cr) GMS FC 725 Bioinformatics (3cr) GMS FC 764 Professional Skills (2cr) Possible Elective Courses GMS BI 777 Techniques in Biomedical Research [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11087,"featured_media":0,"parent":54492,"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\/56884"}],"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\/11087"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56884"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/56884\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":107875,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/56884\/revisions\/107875"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/54492"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}