Application Process
Please note that the following is a sample curriculum plan. Current students must discuss their plan with their program coordinator to make adjustments as needed.
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Year One
Fall Semester
Course Description Credits PIBS 701 Introduction to Biomedical Sciences 5 credits PIBS 702 Scientific Reasoning 3 credits PIBS 731 Laboratory Research 2 credits per rotation PIBS 700 Journal Club 1 credit PIBS 780 Research Ethics 1 credit PIBS 782 Professional Development: Skills for Success I 1 credit Spring Semester
Course Description Credits PIBS 700 Journal Club 1 credit PIBS 731 Laboratory Research 1 credit per rotation PIBS 783 Professional Development: Skills for Success II 1 credit PIBS 705 Biostatistics for Biosciences 3 credits CAB 710 Cancer Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 3 credits Summer Semester
Course Description Credits PIBS 830 Doctoral Dissertation 1 credit
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Year Two
Fall Semester
Course Description Credits CAB 701 Seminar 1 credit CAB 705 Translational to Clinical Research 0 credits
CAB 716 Special Topics in Cancer Research: Design and Management of Cancer Clinical Trials 1 credit
CAB 830 Dissertation Research - Pre Candidacy 2 credits Spring Semester
Course Description Credits CAB 701 Seminar 1 credit CAB 705 Translational to Clinical Research 1 credit CAB 713 Special Topics in Cancer Research
2 credits
PIB 706 Informatics for the Biosciences (Students take either PIB 706 or an elective that meets the Bioinformatics requirement) 2-4 credits
CAB 71# Special Topics in Cancer Research 2 credits CAB 71# Special Topics in Cancer Research 2 credits CAB 830 Dissertation Research - Pre Candidacy 2 credits Summer Semester
Course Description Credits CAB 840 Doctoral Dissertation- Post Candidacy 2 credits
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Year Three
Fall Semester
Course Description Credits CAB 701 Seminar 1 credit CAB 705 Translational to Clinical Research 0 credits
CAB 712-716 Special Topics in Cancer Research Elective 2 credits
CAB 750 Logic and Reasoning in Translation Cancer Research:
Bench to Bedside / Bedside to Bench3 credits CAB 840 Doctoral Dissertation- Post Candidacy 2 credits
Spring Semester
Course Description Credits CAB 701 Seminar 1 credit CAB 705 Translational to Clinical Research 1 credit CAB 720 Dialogues with Cancer Clinicians 1 credit CAB 71# Special Topics in Cancer Research 2 credits CAB 840 Doctoral Dissertation- Post Candidacy 2 credits
Summer Semester
Course Description Credits CAB 840 Doctoral Dissertation- Post Candidacy 2 credits
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Years Four-Five
During the last two years, students are advised into a combination of the following courses with variable credits that complete their degree requirements:
- CAB 705 - Translational to Clinical Research
- CAB ### - Elective(s)
- CAB 840 - Doctoral Dissertation- Post Candidacy
- CAB 850 -Research in Residence