<b>Curriculum requirements for degree</b> <b>-First year curriculum:</b><b> </b><b>BMSC 229: </b><b>Foundations for Translational Research (fast start medical curriculum and introduction to problem based learning techniques, intellectual property issues and bioethics) </b><b> BMSC 230 </b><b>series-Foundations of Medicine (joint medical and graduate student lectures) </b><b> BMSC 260:</b><b> Topics in Biomedical Research (graduate student problem based learning) </b><b>BMSC 261:</b><b> Methods in Biomedical Research (technique based rotations) </b><b>-Second Year and beyond:</b><b> </b><b> BMSC 252:</b><b> Seminars in Biomedical Research (invited speakers on cutting edge approaches to biomedical research </b><b> BMSC 254:</b><b> Graduate Student Seminar (Biomed Pizza Friday) </b><b>-Qualifying Exam:</b><b> Normative completion by the end of the second year of the program </b><b>-One Quarter TA-ship</b><b> to acquire experience in mentorship and teaching (may be completed in any year prior to dissertation exam. </b><b>-Dissertation Exam:</b><b> Normative completion by the end of the fifth year of the program</b>