Curriculum

All candidates must successfully complete a minimum of 33 semester hours of graduate-level work. At least 16 semester hours must be in courses offered by the Department of Health Sciences.

Specific course requirements

Requirements are intentionally left broad to allow students to concentrate on areas related to their career goals. Elective courses may be selected from within the department or from among the many course offerings in other departments on both the main and Medical School campus’.

Core Courses

SPH BS 703 Biostatistics (4 credits)

SAR HS 750 Analysis of Physiological Literature (2 credits)

plus three (3) of the following (4 credits each):

SAR HS 542 Exercise Physiology

SAR HS 581 Gross Human Anatomy

SAR HS 582 Neuroanatomy/Neurophysiology

SAR HS 783 Metabolic Regulation

SAR HS 575 Cardiopulmonary Pathophysiology

CAS BI 552 Molecular Biology I

CAS BI 553 Molecular Biology II

Total Core Credit Hours: 17

Electives

Either Thesis (4- 8 credits SAR HS 791)
OR Scholarly Paper (4 credits SAR HS 793)

Plus electives to total 16 credit hours

A sampling of possible elective courses:
SAR HS 550 Neural Systems
SAR HS 551 Human Nutrition
SAR HP 565 Advanced Biomechanics (4)
SAR HS 745 Advanced Regional Anatomy (var. cr)
SAR HS 776 Nutrition Epidemiology (4)
CAS BI 575 Techniques in Cellular and Molecular Biology
GRS BI 655 Developmental Neurobiology
GMS AN 808 Neuroanatomical Basis of Neurologic Disease