Credit Hour Requirements
A minimum of 30 credit hours is required. This requirement includes 24 credits of course work and 6 hours of thesis research with a completion of a research thesis.
| REQUIRED COURSES: | ||
|---|---|---|
| CHEM 437 | Comprehensive Biochemistry I [UMBC] | 4 credits (other biochemistry courses may be taken with permission of DMRT Grad Committee) |
| MEDT 628 | Seminar | 3 credits (1 credit, must enroll three times) All DMRT graduate students are required to attend seminar during their tenure as a graduate students. |
| MEDT 630 | Scient & Techn Writing | 3 credits |
| MEDT 635 | Teaching Practicum | 2 credits (enrollment with the permission of the course director w/ whom the teaching practicum will be taken) |
| DBMS 638 | Biostatistics | 1-3 credits (or PREV 620 Principles of Biostatistics or PUBL 604 Statistical Analysis) |
| MEDT 680 | Lab Management | 3 credits (Biomed Res Track students may select an alternate management course with permission of DMRT Grad Committee) |
| MEDT 687 | QC & Regulations Lab Sci | 2 credits |
| MEDT 631 | Research Design | 2 credits |
| CIPP 909 | Responsible Conduct of Rsrch | 1-2 credits |
| MEDT 799 | M.S. Thesis Research | 6 credits Students may begin their research project after taking biochemistry and finishing approximately 12 hours of course work. |
| ELECTIVE COURSES: The remainder of the course requirements are elective biomedical courses in student's field of interest, which must be approved by student's advisor. | ||
| Overview | Molecular and Cell Biology | 3 credits |
| MEDT 671 | Special Topics | 1-4 credits |
| MEDT 634 | Teaching Practicum Major | 4 credits |
| GPLS 702 | Basic Immunology | 3 credits |
| CHEM 638 | Comprehensive Biochemistry II | 4 credits [UMBC] |
| BIOL 614 | Genetics and Eukaryotic Molecular Biology | 4 credits [UMBC] |
| GPLS 710 | Principles of Bacterial Pathogenesis | 3 credits |
| GPLS 704 | Basic Virology | 3 credits |