Physiology & Pharmacology (0116)

Required Courses

• All students are required to take departmental courses in Biostatistics, Lab Safety, Research Ethics, and Scientific Writing. These courses should be completed in the first year.

• All students in this track are required to take a 5-hour course in Physiology or a 6-hour course in Pharmacology.

• Those who studied Physiology and/or Pharmacology previously can get an exemption. Otherwise students have to take the courses- currently NA in English.

• Students who are exempt from these compulsory courses will have to replace the hours (5/6) with elective courses of the Graduate School.

• For students who work with laboratory animals, an additional course is required in the Ethical Conduct and Care of Research Animals.

• For students basing their thesis in research from observational or interventional studies, the following courses are required: Introduction to Epidemiology, Survey and Research Methods in Epidemiology, and Biostatistics II.

Elective Courses

• Students must take 7-9 hours of elective courses in the department (in addition to the above mentioned basic Physiology and Pharmacology courses). They can also take 8-9 hours of elective courses offered by other departments of the School of Graduate Studies.