Overview
Students in the Pathobiology Graduate Program are required to take 3 core courses, 2 focus area courses, and a Topic in Pathobiology course. Additional coursework may be required by the program in some cases, and elective courses may be taken. Also, all entering PhD students in the Division of Biology and Medicine are required to take Responsible Conduct in Research Training, which is taken in Fall of their first year.
Core Courses
- BIOL 2850 Introduction to Research in Pathobiology
- BIOL 2860 Molecular Mechanisms of Disease (Pathology I)
- BIOL TBD Pathology II
- BIOL 1820 Environmental Health and Disease
- BIOL 1290 Cancer Biology
- BIOL 1560 Virology
- BIOL 2050 Biology of the Eukaryotic Cell
- BIOL 2310 Analysis of Development
- BIOL 1520 Innate Immunity
- BIOL 2540 Molecular Genetics
- BIOL 2830 Topics in Pathobiology
- BIOL 2840 Topics in Pathobiology
- BIOL 2640 Advanced Topics in Microbiology and Immunology
- BIOL 1600 Development of Vaccines to Infectious Disease
- BIOL 1890 Histology
- BIOL 1930 Signal Transduction
- BIOL 2060 Ultrastructure/Bioimaging
- BIOL 2200 Current Topics in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- BIOL 2210 Current Topics in Biochemistry
- BIOL 2280 Protein Processing and Trafficking
- BIOL 2320 Current Topics in Developmental Biology
- BIOL 2830/BIOL 2840 Topics in Pathobiology
- BIOL 2870 Techniques in Pathobiology
- PHP 2500 Introduction to Biostatistics
Focus Areas
Topics Course
Elective Courses
Elective courses can be taken. These include but are not limited to:
Appropriate courses offered by other Departments may also be elected.