{"id":13259,"date":"2024-04-05T12:02:52","date_gmt":"2024-04-05T16:02:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/cellbiophysio\/?page_id=13259"},"modified":"2025-01-22T13:34:40","modified_gmt":"2025-01-22T18:34:40","slug":"cbp-requirements","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/cellbiophysio\/cell-biology-and-physiology-curriculum\/student-information\/cbp-requirements\/","title":{"rendered":"CBP Requirements"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><strong>Coursework<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>The Cell Biology &amp; Physiology Curriculum requires students take four one-semester courses:<\/p>\n<p>Two in the core Cell Biology &amp; Physiology curriculum,<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>CBPH 852: Cell Biology and Physiology in Health and Disease I (Fall Section)<\/li>\n<li>CBPH 853: Cell Biology and Physiology in Health and Disease II (Spring Section)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>One elective course (minimum 3 credits) approved by the DGS,<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Elective courses in genetics, pharmacology, immunology, computational biology, biochemistry, pathology, or another STEM discipline that enhances the student\u2019s specific research focus.<\/li>\n<li>Students may take multiple modules\/courses that combine to be at least 3 credit hours.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>One comprehensive statistics course or module,<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Examples include BBSP 710, GNET 743, and BCB 720. Other high-level statistics courses with programming languages also fulfill this requirement.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Students supplement the above coursework with additional training in the following courses that do not count as electives.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>CBPH 705: Improving Presentation &amp; Communication of Scientific Results.\n<ol>\n<li>Presentation course to improve scientific talks.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>CBPH 706: Communicating Scientific Results.\n<ol>\n<li>An introductory grant writing course on approaching student biomedical research grants (e.g. F31). Beneficial for preparing the dissertation proposal for the Qualifying Exam.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>Annual enrollment in CBPH 855 (fall).<\/li>\n<li>Annual enrollment in CBPH 856 (spring).<\/li>\n<li>CBPH 895: Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR).\n<ol>\n<li>A refresher course in RCR taken in Fall of the fourth year.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/cellbiophysio\/preliminary-written-examination\/\"><strong>Preliminary Written Examination<\/strong><\/a><\/h4>\n<p>At the end of the BBSP year, after students have officially joined the CBP curriculum they must pass a written preliminary exam that tests their ability to read and understand published scientific literature. For more information about the preliminary written examination, visit this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/cellbiophysio\/preliminary-written-examination\/\">webpage<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/cellbiophysio\/dissertation-committee-structure-and-meetings\/\"><strong>Annual dissertation committee meetings<\/strong><\/a><\/h4>\n<p>Students form a dissertation committee in their 2<sup>nd<\/sup> year. The committee helps guide the student through their PhD training and administers the qualifying examination and the final defense of their dissertation. Students are required to meet with their committee at least once per academic year. For more information on dissertation committees and annual committee meetings, visit this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/cellbiophysio\/dissertation-committee-structure-and-meetings\/\">webpage<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/cellbiophysio\/qualifying-exam\/\"><strong>Qualifying Examination<\/strong><\/a><\/h4>\n<p>The qualifying examination is taken in the fall semester of the student\u2019s 3rd year and includes preparation of a written proposal (NIH\/NRSA fellowship-style) and an oral defense of the proposal. The examination determines if the student can reasonably be expected to be successful in achieving a PhD in the CBP Curriculum and allows their dissertation committee to approve the feasibility of their dissertation project. For more information about the dissertation proposal and qualifying exam, visit this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/cellbiophysio\/qualifying-exam\/\">webpage<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Seminar participation<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Attendance at departmental and FUSION seminars is required for all students. Students present their research annually in the FUSION seminar series.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Retreat participation<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>The Cell Biology and Physiology department hosts an annual research day for students, postdocs, faculty, and staff to get together and share their research with the broad departmental community. Students are required to present a poster during Research Day.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Publish a first author peer-reviewed research paper<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>All CBP curriculum students must have a first authored (or co-first authored), peer-reviewed research paper formally accepted for publication before they are allowed to schedule their dissertation defense.<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/cellbiophysio\/final-oral-defense\/\"><strong>Oral dissertation defense and written dissertation<\/strong><\/a><\/h4>\n<p>The final oral examination is a defense of the student&#8217;s dissertation. This exam starts with an advertised public dissertation seminar, followed by a private oral examination of the student\u2019s dissertation by the dissertation committee. For more information about the dissertation defense and written dissertation, visit this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/cellbiophysio\/final-oral-defense\/\">webpage<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/cellbiophysio\/graduation-planning\/\"><strong>Graduation Planning<\/strong><\/a><\/h4>\n<p>As students approach the end of their graduate training and their dissertation work, there are numerous important rules, guidelines, and dates they need to keep in mind.\u00a0 For up-to-date deadlines see <a href=\"https:\/\/gradschool.unc.edu\/academics\/resources\/graddeadlines.html\">The Graduate School website<\/a>.<br \/>\nThe Graduate School only has one hooding ceremony per year that occurs in May. Students who graduate in the Summer or Fall terms cannot be hooded until the following May.<br \/>\nNotify the Graduate School of your intent to defend and graduate within ConnectCarolina before the semester&#8217;s deadline.\u00a0 Also, notify the Student Services Manager.<br \/>\nRegistered in the term you hold your oral defense.<br \/>\nHave your dissertation accepted by the graduate school by the term after your defense.<br \/>\nDissertation must be accepted by the graduate school to graduate. Graduate school sets formatting guidelines, you and your committee are responsible for the content (the committee signs and approves the content before submission)<br \/>\nEarly clearance for employment and visa requirements.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coursework The Cell Biology &amp; Physiology Curriculum requires students take four one-semester courses: Two in the core Cell Biology &amp; Physiology curriculum, CBPH 852: Cell Biology and Physiology in Health and Disease I (Fall Section) CBPH 853: Cell Biology and Physiology in Health and Disease II (Spring Section) One elective course (minimum 3 credits) approved &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/cellbiophysio\/cell-biology-and-physiology-curriculum\/student-information\/cbp-requirements\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about CBP Requirements\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":540,"featured_media":0,"parent":11458,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"layout":"","cellInformation":"","apiCallInformation":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"featured-item":[],"class_list":["post-13259","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","odd"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>CBP Requirements - Department of Cell Biology and Physiology<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/cellbiophysio\/cell-biology-and-physiology-curriculum\/student-information\/cbp-requirements\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"CBP Requirements - Department of Cell Biology and Physiology\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Coursework The Cell Biology &amp; 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