Course Requirements for PharmD/PhD Students

PharmD/PhD students are required to take the Fall seminar course (BIOM 201), Ethics in Scientific Research (BIOM 219) and Statistical Inference in the Medical Sciences (BIOM 285) in the Spring quarter. PharmD/PhD students must also complete all Biomedical Sciences advanced course work as required of other graduate students in the program. All students are required to take three graduate-level Advanced Courses, which must be at least 3 units and can be taken any time throughout their graduate studies. The applicability of previous course work toward the Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program course requirements will be evaluated on an ad hoc basis.

PharmD/PhD students are required to successfully complete the Research Proposition (BIOM 296) Exam during the Fall quarter of their first year of PhD training in the Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program and take the corresponding Grant Writing Essentials course (BIOM 293). This is a requirement for further advancement in the graduate program. PharmD/PhD students are also expected to successfully complete the Advancement to Candidacy Exam by the end of their second year in PhD training and must complete the exam by the end of the Fall quarter of their third year of PhD training. Failure to complete these requirements on time will result in blockade of registration and financial support until the requirements are met.

Before Advancement to Candidacy, students enroll in BIOM 298 (Directed Study, 12 units, letter grade) each quarter.

Following Advancement to Candidacy, students enroll in BIOM 299 (Independent Study, 12 units, letter grade) each quarter until graduation.

Course Information

Required Courses – Year 1

Advanced Courses – three graduate-level Advanced Courses (courses must be at least 3 units each) for a letter grade (A-F). Can be taken at any time during graduate training.