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Individual Curricula Examples for BBSP Students

For BBSP students interested in PHCO from the start of graduate school

(Students not sure of their interest in PHCO until they join a lab should view the example curriculum below this one.)

FIRST YEAR – BBSP Program

Fall Semester

  • Elective #1 (see below)
  • PHCO 701
  • BBSP 902 (FYG)
  • Rotation

Spring Semester

  • Elective #2 (see below)
  • PHCO 702
  • BBSP 902 (FYG)
  • Rotations

Summer (Join the PHCO department)

  • Dissertation Research
SECOND YEAR

Fall Semester

  • BBSP 710 (Statistics)
  • PHCO 732 (Grant Writing)

Spring Semester

  • PHCO 730
  • Doctoral Written Exam Due
  • Doctoral Oral Exam Administered
THIRD YEAR AND BEYOND
  • Dissertation research
  • Defend Dissertation

 

2 Electives — Any graduate-level 1, 2 or 3-credit course, in any scientific discipline, will satisfy this requirement. Elective courses must total at least 4 credit hours.

For BBSP students not sure of their interest in PHCO until they join a lab

FIRST YEAR – BBSP Program

Fall Semester

  • Elective #1 (see above)
  • BBSP 902 (FYG)
  • Rotation

Spring Semester

  • Elective #2 (see above)
  • BBSP 902 (FYG)
  • Rotations

Summer (Join the PHCO department)

  • Dissertation Research
SECOND YEAR

Fall Semester

  • PHCO 701
  • BBSP 710 (Statistics)
  • PHCO 732 (Grant Writing)

Spring Semester

  • PHCO 702
  • PHCO 730
  • Doctoral Written Exam Due
  • Doctoral Oral Exam Administered
THIRD, FOURTH AND FIFTH YEARS
  • Dissertation research
  • Defend Dissertation