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Master of Medical Science

This degree is for medical students who wish to obtain experience in biological and medical science research problems through the preparation of a research thesis.

Admission Requirements:

  1. Students already enrolled in the first year of the School of Medicine or in or beyond the fourth year of the Program in Liberal Medial Education may apply to the Graduate School for admission to one of the Graduate Programs of the Division of Biology and Medicine. Enrollment in other Graduate Programs in the University is possible if the student meets the admission requirements of that program.
  2. Admission is limited to students who have a high record of academic performance, who have submitted a theses research plan approved by a prospective thesis supervisor in one of the Graduate Programs, and who are recommended by the appropriate Graduate Program Admissions Committee and the Associate Dean for Graduate Studies of the Division of Biology and Medicine.

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Degree Requirements:

  1. Successful completion of eight courses, six of which are from the pre-clinical basic science courses normally required of the first year of the Program in Medicine (currently Bio-Med 117, 128, 130, 158, 181, 184, and 189), at least one thesis-research course and one 200-level course in a field relevant to the area of the thesis research. Medical students who have completed the two pre-clinical years in the Brown-Dartmouth Medical Program may substitute that course work for the six pre-clinical basic science courses, subject to the approval of the Dean of Medicine or his appointee for substantial equivalence of the program taken at Dartmouth to that taken by students at Brown. The thesis must be directed or co-directed by a faculty member in a Graduate program at Brown University, and the 200-level course must be taken at Brown.
  2. Presentation of a thesis approved by two members of the faculty in addition to the thesis supervisor.
  3. Students are expected to meet all of the appropriate requirements for the Graduate Program in which they enroll.