Students
Program Entrance Requirements
An applicant to the program at the doctoral level must meet all requirements established by the
Graduate School. Although students will be evaluated on an individual basis, they will be expected
to submit Graduate Record Examination (GRE) scores as well as a complete transcript. Students admitted to the program will be expected to have obtained at least a 3.0 undergraduate grade point average (4 point system).
In addition, all students admitted to the
program in good standing will be expected to have completed the following courses:
- Calculus, 5 semester hours (or equivalent)
- Physics, 6 semester hours
- Organic Chemistry, 8 semester hours
- Biology, 8 semester hours
Typical Year 1 Curriculum:
Fall Semester
Course Credits
| Laboratory Practicums/Research Rotations: | |
| BCH 705 Molecular Biology | 3 |
| CMB 701 Laboratory Practicum 1 | 3 |
| PHAR 725 Ethics in Research | 2 |
| CMB/BCH/CMPP 790 Seminar | 1 |
| Total Credits | 9 |
Spring Semester
| Laboratory/Research Rotations: | |
| CMB 710 Cell Biology | 4 |
| CMB 702 Laboratory Practicum II | 3 |
| CMB/B CH/BIOL/CMPP 794 Colloquium | 1 |
| Statistics (if needed) | 3 |
| Total Credits | 11 |
Lab Rotation courses should be taken even if students are NOT formally rotating through a minimum of 2 different laboratories because they have already selected a research advisor.
Other Electives
| Representative Electives (17 credits required) | |
| Biochemistry Courses: | |
| BCH 603: Medical Molecular Genetics | 0 |
| BCH 605 Molecular Biology | 3 |
| BCH 610: Plant Physiology | 3 |
| BCH 617: Metabolic Regulation | 3 |
| BCH 706 Functional Genomics | 3 |
| BCH 718: Plant Mol Biol & Biotech | 3 |
| BCH 740: Enzymology | 3 |
| Biology Courses: | |
| BIOL 604: Population Genetics | 3 |
| BIOL 605: Molecular Biology | 3 |
| BIOL 615: Evolution | 4 |
| BIOL 654: Genomic Conflict, Epigenetics & Human Disease | 3 |
| BIOL 656: Molecular Basis of Epigenetics | 3 |
| BIOL 666: Developmental Biology | 3 |
| BIOL 675: Neurobiology | 3 |
| BIOL: 677 Genes, Brain and Behavior | 3 |
| BIOL: 682 Cell Biology of Disease | 3 |
| BIOL: 705 Current topics in Cell and Molecular biology | 3 |
| BME 730: Introduction to Imaging & Optics | 3 |
| Cell and Molecular Biology Courses: | |
| CMB: 793 Independent Study | 1-6 |
| Chemistry Courses: | |
| The Chemistry Department offers courses of interest to some students | |
| Microbiology Courses: | |
| MICR: 653 Immunology | 3 |
| MICR: 670 Microbial Pathogenesis | 0 |
| MICR: 700 Biotechnology Today and Tomorrow | 3 |
| MICR: 780 Introductory Cellular Immunology | 3 |
| Pharmacology Courses: | 3 |
| PHAR: 710 Molecular Pharmacology | 3 |
Courses not lisetd above may meet program requirements. Please inquire about specific courses.
Year 2 and beyond:
The details of your remaining curriculum will be decided by your graduate committee which should meet and approve your program of study by the end of your first year. As shown on the Molecular Biosciences Flowchart, at the end of your first year you and your graduate committee will decide which Dissertation Program you will enter to pursue your degree. Follow the links below for information on the available Dissertation Programs:
http://www.medicine.nevada.edu/dept/cmpp/index.htm