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Graduate Program in Cancer Biology Course Requirements
| Year 1 | |||
| CONJ 665 | Development, Differentiation and Cancer (Spring) | 3 credits | |
| Must be completed by end of year 2 | |||
| Year 2 | |||
| Fall Term MGEN 606 |
Mechanisms of Cancer Journal Club |
1 credit | |
| PCB 607 | Knight Cancer Biology Seminar Series | 1 credit | |
| PCB601 | Research | x credits | |
| PCB elective courses (see list below) | x credits | ||
| total | 16 credits | ||
| Winter Term MGEN 606 |
Mechanisms of Cancer Journal Club |
1 credit | |
| PCB 607 | Knight Cancer Biology Seminar Series | 1 credit | |
| *CELL 622 | Topics in Transcriptional Regulation OR | 2 credits | |
| *BMB 625 | Advanced Biochemistry | ||
| PCB601 | Research | x credits | |
| PCB elective courses (see list below) | x credits | ||
| total | 16 credits | ||
| * Highly recommended if offered, otherwise substitute with a PCB elective course |
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| Spring Term MGEN 606 |
Mechanisms of Cancer Journal Club |
1 credit | |
| PCB 607 | Knight Cancer Biology Seminar Series | 1 credit | |
| CELL616 | Advanced Topics in Cancer Biology | 4 credits | |
| PCB601 | Research | x credits | |
| PCB elective courses (see list below) | x credits | ||
| total | 16 credits | ||
| Summer Term CONJ 608B |
PMCB Qualifying Exam |
8 credit | |
| PCB601 | Research | 8 credits | |
| total | 16 credits | ||
| Year 3+ | |||
| All Terms MGEN 606 |
Mechanisms of Cancer Journal Club |
1 credit | |
| PCB 607 | Knight Cancer Biology Seminar Series | 1 credit | |
| PCB 601 | Research | x credits | |
| Summer term requirement PCB 601 only |
ELECTIVE COURSES
A total of 4 credit hours of upper level elective courses are required to be eligible for the Program in Cancer Biology Ph.D. degree.
The following are only a few of the popular graduate elective courses offered in the school of medicine. Other courses available are listed in the course catalog. Graduate students are encouraged to seek advice from their mentor and/or graduate program director when considering taking other courses. Some of the elective courses are offered every other year.
| CELL 611 | Histology: The structure and function of cells in tissue | fall term | 4 credits |
| CELL 620 | Model Systems Biology | summer term | 3 credits |
| MBIM 610 | Introduction to Immunology | 2 credits | |
| PHPH 617 | Pharmacokinetics | 2 credits | |
| PHPM 524 | Introduction to Biostatistics | 4 credits | |
| BMCB 625 | Advanced Molecular Biology | winter term |
3 credits |
