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Certificate of Graduate
Study, Biomedical Sciences
Curriculum
The
curriculum comprises eighteen hours of graduate level
courses taught by USC Columbia professors, health
professionals and guidance counselors.
These
credit hours can be taken in one or two years. Students must
maintain a GPA of 3.0 or better in order to continue in the
program.
Each
semester, students are required to take six credit hours of
core courses
The
core courses offered are as follows:
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Structure-Function Nucleic Acids (3hr) (Fall)
AND
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Biological Chemistry (3hr) (Fall)
OR
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Biomedical Pharmacology (6hr) (Fall)
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Physiology for Health Sciences (6hr) (Spring)
In
addition to these core courses, students will have the
opportunity to choose one elective course for credit
per semester. The elective courses are as follows:
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Neuroscience (3hr) (Fall)
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Histology (3hr) (Fall)
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Neoplasia (3hr) (Fall)
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Biochemistry of Metabolism (3hr) (Spring)
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Neurobiology: Physiology for Neurobiologists (2hr)
(Spring)
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Medical Cell Biology (3hr) (Spring)
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Anatomy of the Head and Neck (3hr) (Spring)
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Medical Genetics for Health Professionals (3hr) (Spring)
In addition to the above coursework, there will be numerous
opportunities to hear scientific seminars given by health
professionals. There will also be seminars focused on
application preparation that are intended to help students
to make their applications more competitive. There will be
seminars from guidance counselors concerning interview
strategies.
Additional opportunities to improve the taking of
standardized testing (MCAT, DAT, etc.) are available from
private institutions on main campus (Kaplan).
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