Program Course Requirements

    • Program in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
    • Program in Biomathematics and Biostatistics
    • Program in Cancer Biology
    • Program in Cell and Regulatory Biology
    • Program in Experimental Therapeutics
    • Program in Genes and Development
    • Program in Human and Molecular Genetics
    • Program in Immunology
    • Program in Medical Physics
    • Program in Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
    • Program in Molecular Carcinogenesis
    • Program in Molecular Pathology
    • Program in Neuroscience
    • Program in Virology and Gene Therapy

Program in Molecular Pathology Course Requirements

Underlined headings indicate courses that satisfy GSBS area requirements.

GENERAL COURSE REQUIREMENTS (satisfactory completion or demonstrated proficiency)

Quantitative (choose one)

• GS01 1014 Biomedical Statistics
• GS03 1102 Current Methods in Molecular Research (two semesters required)
• GS11 1013 Genetics and Human Disease

Molecular (choose one)

• GS03 1015 Metabolic Biochemistry
• MOL395C Molecular Biology II (UT-Austin; GSBS students enroll via a cooperative program in GS00 1610, Special Project: Course)
• GS03 1024 Topics in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Cellular (choose one)

• GS12 1043 Molecular and Cellular Pathology of Human Disease
• GS04 1013 Cell Biology
• GS04 1133 Cancer Cell Signaling
• GS06 1014 Immunology I
• GS12 1063 Histology (alternative course for students with demonstrated proficiency in cell biology)

Systems (choose one)

• GS04 1043 Molecular Principles of Virology
• GS04 1063 Cancer Biology
• GS04 1073 Developmental Biology
• GS04 1203 Experimental Genetics
• GS12 1254 Cell and Systems Physiology
• GS14 1017 Neuroscience

MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS (satisfactory completion or demonstrated proficiency)

• GS12 1043 Molecular and Cellular Pathology of Human Disease
• GS12 1721 Seminar in Molecular Pathology (two semesters)
  or
• GS12 1041 Seminars in Experimental Pathology (two semesters

In addition to the courses named above, students are expected to choose an area of Pathology in which they will acquire a greater depth of expertise. Students are required to take 8 semester hours within one of the following areas of concentration: Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease; Immunopathology; Cellular and Molecular Pathology; Carcinogenesis and Structural Biology. Courses that fulfill these requirements include, but are not limited to, the following courses.

• GS07 1014 Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
• GS07 1023 Medical Microbiology-Medical Bacteriology
• GS04 1043 Molecular Principles of Virology
• GS06 1014 Immunology I
• GS06 1102 Immunology II: Regulation of the Immune Responses
• GS06 1112 Immunology III: Molecular Immunology
• GS06 1073 Cytokines and the Immune Response
• GS12 1262 Cellular Basis of Cardiac Function
• GS04 1181 The Molecular Basis of Programmed Cell Death

A complete list of courses for these areas of concentration may be obtained from the Program Director or the Office of Academic Affairs.