Degree Requirements
- Laboratory Rotation Program - Year 1
Required Courses – Year 1
| BIOM200A/B | Molecules to Organisms: Concepts and Approaches |
| BIOM201 | Seminars in Biomedical Research |
| BIOM219 | Ethics in Scientific Research |
| BIOM285 | Statistical Inference |
Track Courses – Year 1 (choice of 3 to 4)
| BIOM226 | Hormone Action |
| BIOM252 | Genetics and Genomics |
| BIOM253 | Pathogens and Host Defense |
| BIOM254 | Molecular and Cell Biology |
| BIOM255 | Drugs and Disease |
| BIOM256 | Molecular Biology of Cancer |
Track Seminar Courses – Year 1 (choice of 2)
| BIOM272/274 | Seminars in Genetics, Genomics and Mol. Cell Biology |
| BIOM275 | Seminars in Pharmacology |
| BIOM276 | Seminars in Physiology |
| BIOM277 | Seminars in Molecular Pathology |
Elective Courses – 15 graduate units required (8 units must be taken for letter grade)
Chosen in consultation with Thesis advisor and, for students following a particular Track, by recommendation of their Track Leader.
Selection of Thesis Advisor – no later than the end of Spring of Year 1
Research Proposition Exam – Fall of Year 2
Teaching – One academic quarter during Year 2 or 3
(counts as 4 units toward S/U elective)Advancement to Ph.D. Candidacy Exam BMS program recommendation – Spring/Year 2 to Fall/Year 3
(UCSD time limit – Spring of Year 4)Thesis Defense
BMS program recommendation – Spring/Year 5 to Fall/Year 6
(UCSD financial support time limit – Spring of Year 7, UCSD total registered time limit – Spring of Year 8)
*See BMS Guidelines for the Ph.D. requirements of M.D./Ph.D. and Pharm.D./Ph.D. students.