Biomedical Sciences - Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Main Campus

Biomedical Sciences from Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Main Campus is a Campus Master Biomedical degree that prepares you for a Science career. The Biomedical Sciences (BMS) Graduate Program with its Options in Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Translational Therapeutics, and Virology and Immunology provides predoctoral students curricular training with a unique focus on human health and disease and the opportunity to concentrate in one or more disciplinary approaches including biochemistry, biophysics, cell biology, genetics, immunology, pharmacology, physiology, structural biology, and virology. Students receive rigorous training that provides the skills necessary to be leaders in biomedical research and other endeavors that benefit from a rigorous scientific background, including education, law, journalism, and public policy. The first-year Fall curriculum provides the student an understanding of basic cellular processes through a common curriculum that includes three parallel and integrated three-credit BMS courses arranged around the theme \\\'Life Requires\\\': 1) BMS 501 Regulation of Cellular and Systemic Energy Metabolism, 2) BMS 502 Cell and Systems Biology, and 3) BMS 503 Flow of Cellular Information. The Fall curriculum also includes the one-credit Art of Scientific Communication I course that reinforces the \\\'Life Requires\\\' components and aids students in the transition from textbooks to primary literature as a source of information. The first-year Spring curriculum offers an opportunity to explore one or more curricular paths that lead to entry into one of the Options and/or to utilize Integrative Physiology as a stepping-stone to an individualized curricular pathway within the BMS Graduate Program. The Spring curriculum also includes the one-credit Art of Scientific Communication II course that further develops the student\\\'s knowledge acquisition from the primary literature and assists improvement of presentation and writing skills necessary for subsequent journal clubs, literature-based courses, and scientific discourse throughout their career. In addition, during the first year, students complete three research rotations that expose them to the wide range of research interests of The Pennsylvania State University graduate faculty from both basic and clinical science departments at the College of Medicine in Hershey. These rotations serve to inform the students with regard to choosing a dissertation adviser and doctoral committee. Curriculum in the second year is determined by the choice to participate in one of the Options, or an individualized curricular pathway designed by the interaction of the student with the dissertation adviser and doctoral committee. Successful completion of the Program results in conferral of the Ph.D. Degree in Biomedical Sciences. The BMS Graduate Program is an interdepartmental program that engages faculty from at least seven basic science and eleven clinical science departments. This broad-reaching Program provides students a wide ranging understanding of multiple disciplines with specific expertise in a chosen area, and encourages interdisciplinary research that is the hallmark of biomedical sciences in the 21st century. View more details on Pennsylvania State University - Main Campus . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Biomedical courses.