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Dec 03, 2024
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Catalog 2022-2023 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Ph.D. (CIP 26.0202)
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The Doctor of Philosophy degree is conferred only for work of distinction in which the student displays original scholarship. The Graduate School of LSUHSC-S and the faculty of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology maintain a program that provides students the opportunity to distinguish themselves within a chosen field of study. Students are trained to recognize significant biomedical problems, to design experimental approaches to solving these problems, and to communicate their results to the scientific community.
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Course Requirements
All students are required to complete 20 credit (cr) hours in courses for which a letter grade is assigned. These 20 cr hours will consist of 14 hours derived from the core curriculum and 6 elective cr chosen from other letter-graded graduate courses. In addition to the elective courses offered by the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, students may choose as electives any of the interdisciplinary (IDSP) courses, or those offered by other basic science departments of the School of Graduate Studies that assign a letter grade upon completion of the course. Taking courses outside of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology is optional unless mandated by a student’s advisory committee. However, decisions regarding electives must be made in conjunction with the advisor or advisory committee.
Core Requirements
The Program for obtaining the Ph.D. is tailored to the requirements individual students, but the core requirements for all students are:
- IDSP 110 - Basic Biochemistry, Molecular and Cellular Biology 3 Credits, letter grade
- IDSP 113 - Genetics 1 Credit, letter grade
- IDSP 116 - Methods in Biomedical Sciences: Biochemical & Molecular Methods 1 Credit, letter grade
- IDSP 117 - Methods in Biomedical Sciences: Recombinant DNA and Cell Biology 1 Credit, letter grade
- IDSP 118 - Cell and Signaling 3 Credits, letter grade
- IDSP 119 - Gene Expression 1 Credit, letter grade
- IDSP 226 - Basic Biostatistics 1 Credit, letter grade
- IDSP 227 - Advanced Biostatistics 1 Credit, letter grade
- BIOCH 288 - Scientific Writing 1 Credit, letter grade
- BIOCH 224 - Metabolism 1 Credit, letter grade
Department Elective Courses
Non-Departmental-Elective
- IDSP 123 - Animal Models in Translational Research 2 Credits, letter grade
Credits / Units: credits - IDSP 201 - Introduction to Human Cancer-Research, Treatment and Prevention 2 Credits, letter grade
- IDSP 202 - Mechanisms of Cancer Invasion and Metastasis 1 Credit, letter grade
- IDSP 212 - Foundations of Biomedical Sciences I - Cardiovascular System 1.5 Credits, letter grade
- IDSP 213 - Foundations of Biomedical Sciences I -The Renal System 1 Credit, letter grade
- IDSP 214 - Foundations of Biomedical Sciences I - Respiratory System 1 Credit, letter grade
- IDSP 216 - Foundations of Biomedical Sciences II - Gastrointestinal System 1 Credit, letter grade
- IDSP 217 - Foundations of Biomedical Sciences II - Endocrine System 1 Credit, letter grade
- IDSP 218 - Foundations of Biomedical Sciences II - Nervous System 1.5 Credits, letter grade
- IDSP 219 - Foundations of Biomedical Sciences II - Inflammation, Infection and Cancer 1 Credit
- IDSP 235 A and B - Grant Writing A offered for 1 letter grade Credit, B offered for S/U (IDSP 235A Required)
- MICRO 297 - Immunology 2 Credits, letter grade
- MICRO 291 - Bacteriology and Molecular Pathogenesis 2 Credits, letter grade
Additional Course Requirements
In addition to the formal courses described above, several required courses have a satisfactory/unsatisfactory decision, rather than letter grade, assigned upon completion of the course. These courses include the following:
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