All MS in
Pharmaceutical
Sciences
graduate
students
conducting
Toxicology
research take
two semesters of
Core Courses
along with all
other students
entering the
UNM Biomedical
Sciences
Graduate Program
(BSGP). This
allows MS
students in
Pharmaceutical
Sciences the
option to apply
to transfer to
the PhD program
in Biomedical
Health Sciences
after their
first year.
After completion
of the first
year of courses,
students take
Advanced
Pharmacology (Pharm
576) and General
Toxicology (Pharm
581) followed by
additional
advanced
toxicology
coursework and
electives
appropriate to
their individual
Plan of Study
and research
project.
Students also
have the option
of completing
either a Plan I
(Thesis) or Plan
II (Non Thesis)
track. The Plan
II requires
conducting a
research project
and writing a
final paper in
lieu of
conducting a
more extensive
research project
and writing a
thesis. The
Plan II option
requires a
minimum of 4 CR
of additional
coursework.
MS in Pharmaceutical Sciences - Research Concentration in Toxicology
Plan I requirements: 30 credits, including maximum of 6cr Thesis (599)
Plan II requirements: 37 credits, including a maximum of 12cr Research Problems (597)
YEAR I
|
Fall Semester |
Spring Semester |
|
BioMed 507 Cell Molec Biol (4) |
Pharm 593 Tox Seminar (1) |
|
BioMed 508 Cell Molec Biol (4) |
Choose 3: |
|
BioMed 525 Cell Biol J Club (2) |
BioMed 509 Principles of Neurobiology (3) |
|
Pharm 593 Tox Seminar (1) |
BioMed 510 Physiology (3) |
|
|
BioMed 515 Cancer Biology (3) |
|
|
BioMed 522 Experimental Methods and Design (3) |
|
|
BioMed 514 Immunobiology (3) |
|
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BioMed 516 Molecular Genetics and Genomics (3) |
|
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TOTAL (11) |
TOTAL (10) |
SUMMER YEAR I: Pharm 597 Research (3). Complete a written and oral research proposal.
Year II
|
Fall Semester |
Spring Semester |
|
Pharm 576 Mol Cell Pharm (3) |
Pharm 581 General Tox (3) |
|
Pharm 593 Tox Seminar (1) |
Pharm 594 Topics in Environ Dis (1) |
|
Pharm 597 Research (5) |
Pharm 593 Tox Seminar (1) |
|
Electives (1-3) |
Elective (1-3) |
|
|
Pharm 599 Thesis (6) OR Pharm 597 Research (4) |
|
|
|
|
TOTAL (9-12) |
TOTAL (10-14) |
SPRING/SUMMER YEAR II: Write thesis proposal and complete MS Examination
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