-First year curriculum:

    BMSC 229: Foundations for Translational Research (fast start medical curriculum and

                        introduction to problem based learning techniques, intellectual property        

                        issues and bioethics)

   BMSC 230 series-Foundations of Medicine (joint medical and graduate student lectures)

   BMSC 260: Topics in Biomedical Research (graduate student problem based learning)

    BMSC 261: Methods in Biomedical Research (technique based rotations)

-Second Year and beyond:

   BMSC 252: Seminars in Biomedical Research (invited speakers on cutting edge        

        approaches to biomedical research

   BMSC 254: Graduate Student Seminar (Biomed Pizza Friday)

-Qualifying Exam: Normative completion by the end of the second year of the program

-One Quarter TA-ship to acquire experience in mentorship and teaching (may be completed in any year prior to dissertation exam.

-Dissertation Exam: Normative completion by the end of the fifth year of the program