For students entering into Pharmacology from the MSTP Program:

FIRST & SECOND YEARS - Medical School
Students enter the Pharmacology Program at the end of their 2nd year in Medical School
THIRD YEAR (1st year in graduate school)

Summer (after Step 1 Board Exam)

    • Dissertation Research

Fall Semester

    • NBIO 722 (neuro-oriented students only)
    • NBIO 701
    • NBIO 730

Spring Semester

    • NBIO 723 (neuro-oriented students only) OR
         CBIO 644 (cell biology-oriented students only
    • PHCO 730*
    • PHCO 732 (Grant Writing)
    • Doctoral Written Exam Due

Summer

    • Doctoral Oral Exam Administered (at end of Spring Semester)

FOURTH YEAR (2nd year in graduate school)

Fall Semester

    • Dissertation research

Spring Semester

    • Dissertation research
FIFTH, SIXTH, AND (maybe) SEVENTH Years
(3rd, 4th, and 5th years in graduate school)
    • Dissertation research
 
EIGHTH AND NINTH (SEVENTH AND EIGHTH ) YEARS
Finish Medical School  

*Can proficiency out of a second semester of PHCO 730 by receiving an H in the first semester.