Additional Requirements by Track:

Biomedical Physiology & Immunotherapy

• PEMM 271 - Advanced Biomedical Sciences (1 or 2 credits)

- or -

• MICR 144 - Cellular and Molecular Basis of Immunity

Cancer Biology, Pharmacology and Molecular Therapeutics

• PEMM 126 - Cancer Biology

- or -

• PEMM 131 - Current Approaches in Experimental Therapeutics

Neuroscience

• PEMM 115 - Fundamental Neuroscience (2 credits)

2. Attendance and participation in the Program’s weekly seminars and journal clubs.

3. Students must be enrolled in a research course every term; rotations in the early terms and thesis research credit thereafter.
PEMM 141, PEMM 142, PEMM 143. Research Rotations (three to be completed within 9 months)
PEMM 297, PEMM 298, PEMM 299. Thesis Research, a credit/no credit course for graduate students

4. PEMM 137. Qualifying Exam. (Satisfactory completion of a written and oral qualifying examination)

5. Satisfactory completion of a significant research project, and preparation of a thesis describing this research.

6. Successful defense of the thesis in an oral examination, and presentation of the work in a seminar.
 

For further information, see the Graduate Study Catalog.