The first-year program for each student is planned in consultation with a graduate adviser, who takes into account the student's previous training. Typical course work includes graduate-level medical pharmacology, cell biology, physiology, statistics, and medical sciences courses related to the student's research interest. Students are also encouraged, with the consent of their advisers, to enroll in or audit courses that are related to their own developing interests. First occupied in 1983, the building is a modern four-story structure and is adjacent to the Medical Sciences Library, which was completed in 1985. The department occupies eight faculty research laboratories and offices.
Microcomputers are available in the various laboratories.
The University Computing Services Center is available for large projects. Nonresident students who hold graduate assistantships pay the same tuition as Texas residents. Single graduate students may share a University apartment. The University Housing Office can supply additional information. Students come from all regions of the United States, and a significant number are from other countries.