Curriculum
The minimum course requirements in the MBBS PhD program are listed in the SIUC Graduate Catalog and on the SIU School of Medicine Department of Pharmacology website. Students must complete core coursework, electives, research tools and dissertation research credit. The required core coursework includes:
Common Required Courses
MBBS 501 or 500 (1 credit each semester)MBBS 540 Responsible Conduct of Research (1)
Additional Core Curriculum Courses Per Concentration
Elective Courses and Research Tools
MBBS 504 Fundamentals for Graduate Research (3)MBBS 544 Applied Statistics for the Basic Sciences (3)
MBBS 590 Readings
MBBS 595 Research
MBBS 598 Research
MBBS 600 Dissertation Research
Cooperative PhD programs in all concentrations require a total 24 hours of graduate credit on campus as a PhD student to meet the residency requirement for the PhD. Students are admitted to PhD candidacy after having completed the residency requirement, completing all required courses, the research tools requirement, and the comprehensive written preliminary examination. After admission to candidacy, students must complete 24 hours of PHRM 600 (dissertation research) to complete the dissertation research project and prepare the dissertation document. 12 of the 24 credit hours of dissertation research for residency at SIUC and for the remaining 12 credit hours at SIUE. Only six hours of dissertation research credit may be applied to the 24 hour requirement prior to entering candidacy.
Additional credit hours should be fulfilled with electives from SIUE or the SIU School of Medicine. The student and the research supervisor(s), in consultation with the student's graduate committee, will determine specific courses. The multi-disciplinary curriculum for each concentration is customized to meet the student's individual interests and career goals.
