PhD in Translational Biosciences with Emphasis in Cancer Biology
Degree Requirements
All PhD graduate students in the Translational Biosciences program will complete a total of 72 credit hours, including formal coursework and research credit hours. A minimum of 15 credit hours of formal coursework at the 8000 or 9000 level is required. Graduate students must maintain a GPA of 3.0 in their formal coursework. Research credit hours will be graded on a S/U basis.
Graduate students in the Cancer Biology emphasis area will be required to successfully complete at least one of the following Cancer related courses:
| BIO_SC 8460 | Advanced Cancer Biology | 3 |
| V_M_S 8419 | Advanced Topics in Cancer Biology and Clinical Oncology | 2 |
| Advnaced Cancer Genetics* | ||
| Advanced Cancer Immunology* | ||
Elective courses: It is expected that students will choose courses that will complement their individualized research projects. Below is a list of acceptable courses but other courses may count toward the degree with approval from their committee.
| AN_SCI 8430 | Introduction to Bioinformatics Programming | 4 |
| AN_SCI 8415 | Survey of Epigenetics | 3 |
| BIOCHM 8432 | Enzymology and Metabolic Regulation | 3 |
| BIOCHM 8434 | Signaling in Molecular Cell Biology | 3 |
| BIOL_EN 8000 | Scientific Discovery Leading to Life Science Innovations | 3 |
| BIOL_EN 8100 | Design and Development of Biomedical Innovations | 3 |
| BIOL_EN 8280 | Advanced Biological Transport Processes | 3 |
| BIOL_EN 8470 | Ultrasensitive Biodetection | 3 |
| BIOL_EN 8570 | Microscopic Imaging | 3 |
| BIOL_EN 8870 | Molecular and Cell Mechanics | 3 |
| BIO_SC 8320 | Developmental Genetics | 3 |
| CHEM 8280 | Bioanalytical Chemistry | 3 |
| CHEM 8630 | Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry | 3 |
| CHEM 8640 | Biological Radiochemistry | 3 |
| LAB_AN 9437 | Pathology of Laboratory Animals | 4 |
| LAB_AN 9468 | Laboratory Animal Biology | 4 |
| MPP 8411 | Mammalian Pharmacology and Physiology | 5 |
| MPP 9426 | Transmembrane Signaling | 4 |
| MICROB 9407 | Advanced Immunology | 4 |
| INFOINST 8005 | Applications of Bioinformatics Tools in Biological Research | 3 |
| INFOINST 8150 | Integrative Methods in Bioinformatics | 3 |
| INFOINST 8190 | Computational Systems Biology | 3 |
| or INFOINST 8390 | Computational Systems Biology | |
| INFOINST 8310 | Computational Genomics | 3 |
| INFOINST 8350 | Integrative Methods in Bioinformatics | 3 |
| INFOINST 8450 | Precision Medicine Informatics | 3 |
| PTH_AS 8090 | Advanced Pathology | 1-99 |
| STAT 8410 | Statistical Theory of Bioinformatics | 3 |
| P_HLTH 8420 | Principles of Epidemiology | 3 |