Acceptance is on a competitive basis and a GPA of 3.0 or higher is required. The GRE general test is required and the advanced subject test is strongly recommended. Application via the World-Wide Web is encouraged. Required and elective courses for the Graduate Program in Immunology offer first year students a broad exposure to the fields of molecular microbiology, bacterial pathogenesis, virology, cellular immunology, immunogenetics, genetic engineering, biochemistry and molecular biology. Courses from the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Service Curriculum are also required.
Students also gain extensive experience in grantsmanship and oral presentation of data.
All students may attend, as optional electives, courses offered by other institutions such as Rice University, The University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, or University of Houston without payment of additional fees. Research Rotations Research rotations are arranged for 3 or more term hours. Most students begin laboratory rotations with potential research mentors during Term I of the first year. All students will be required to have become settled in a laboratory at the end of the 11th month of the first year, unless special circumstances intervene. The Graduate School at Baylor College of Medicine mandates that all students must successfully pass a Qualifying Examination, administered by their department, in order to be admitted into candidacy for the Ph.D. degree.