Program in Molecular Pathology
Course Requirements

Underlined headings indicate courses that satisfy GSBS area requirements.

GENERAL COURSE REQUIREMENTS (satisfactory completion or demonstrated proficiency)

Quanitative (choose one)

• GS010014 Biomedical Statistics
• GS030102 Current Methods in Molecular Research (two semesters required)
• GS110013 Genetics and Human Disease

Molecular (choose one)

• GS030014 Metabolic Biochemistry
• MOL395C Molecular Biology II (UT-Austin; GSBS students enroll via a cooperative program in GS000610, Special Project: Course)
• GS030024 Topics in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Cellular (choose one)

• GS040013 Cell Biology
• GS040133 Cancer Cell Signaling
• GS060014 Immunology I
• GS120063 Histology (alternative course for students with demonstrated proficiency in cell biology)

Systems (choose one)

• GS040043 Molecular Principles of Virology
• GS040063 Cancer Biology
• GS040073 Developmental Biology
• GS040203 Experimental Genetics
• GS120254 Cell and Systems Physiology
• GS140017 Neuroscience

MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS (satisfactory completion or demonstrated proficiency)

• GS120043 Principles in Pathology
• GS120721 Seminar in Molecular Pathology (two semesters)
  or
• GS120041 Seminars in Experimental Pathology (two semesters

In addition to the courses named above, students are expected to choose an area of Pathology in which they will acquire a greater depth of expertise. Students are required to take 8 semester hours within one of the following areas of concentration: Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease; Immunopathology; Cellular and Molecular Pathology; Carcinogenesis and Structural Biology. Courses that fulfill these requirements include, but are not limited to, the following courses.

• GS070014 Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
• GS070023 Medical Microbiology-Medical Bacteriology
• GS040043 Molecular Principles of Virology
• GS060014 Immunology I
• GS060102 Immunology II: Regulation of the Immune Responses
• GS060112 Immunology III: Molecular Immunology
• GS060073 Cytokines and the Immune Response
• GS120262 Cellular Basis of Cardiac Function
• GS040181 The Molecular Basis of Programmed Cell Death

A complete list of courses for these areas of concentration may be obtained from the Program Director or the Office of Academic Affairs.