Program Requirements

FallSpring
Year 1Cellular Physiology & Biophysics (HBY 530)
Human Physiology (HBY 350)
Student Journal Club (HBY 570)
Lab rotation (HBY 500)
Seminar in Physiology & Biophysics (HBY 690)
Student Journal Club (HBY 570)
Lab rotation (HBY 500)
Seminar in Physiology & Biophysics (HBY 690)
Statistical Analysis (HBY 561)
Model Based Analysis (HBY 562)
Ethics In Research(GRD500)
Year 2Graduate Biochemistry (MCB 520)
Biomembranes (MCB 517) 
Lab Research (HBY 591)
Student Journal Club (HBY 570)
Seminar in Physiology & Biophysics (HBY 690)
Teaching Practicum (HBY 695)
Lab Research (HBY 591)
Student Journal Club (HBY 570)
Seminar (HBY 690)

*An additional 12 credits of electives are taken at the student’s discretion during the first and second year.

To obtain the Ph.D in Physiology & Biophysics, students must successfully complete all required coursework. Within the course of laboratory rotations during the first year, students must obtain faculty sponsorship for their doctoral thesis research. By the end of the second year, students must complete their qualifying examination, which entails an oral defense of a research fellowship proposal on the topic of the student’s choosing. At the beginning of the third year, students are required to constitute their doctoral thesis examination committee containing at least one member from outside the Department. Advancement to candidacy is predicated on the successful presentation of the Thesis Proposal by the end of the third year. Once advanced to candidacy, students are expected to pursue a course of rigorous laboratory research. Successful completion of the degree program will entail a first-authored research publication in a peer-reviewed journal. All of these requirements are to be completed within seven years from the date of admission