A minimum of 32 credit hours of formal coursework and 40 credit hours of dissertation research is required for completion of the Ph.D program. A listing of available courses can be obtained from the Program in Cellular and Molecular Pathology Graduate Office or the Interdisciplinary Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program Office. There are no formal teaching requirements for completion of the Cellular and Molecular Pathology graduate program. However, there are teaching opportunities that the individual student can pursue to gain teaching experience. This evaluation is based upon course and lab rotation grades.
Equal weight is given to classroom and research performance.
Students are therefore advised to take this examination at the end of the second year. The exam will consist of a written research proposal prepared by the student and presented to a comprehensive exam committee. The proposal is a 10-page document that outlines a specific research project written as a grant application. One committee member must be from outside the CMP program. A brief description of the aims of the projects, along with hypotheses to be tested.