Eligibility & Requirements
Advanced Coursework
The course requirements of the Pathology Department Graduate Program are designed to provide the maximum flexibility for the student's specialized needs. Students in the Pathology Department Graduate Program are required to take a minimum of 6 credit hours of graduate coursework in fields related to molecular and experimental pathology.
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Program Course Requirements
PATH 804 - Cell Signaling (Fall semester Journal Club course). Required every fall after completion of GSMC/IGPBS coursework through successful completion of oral comprehensive examination.
PATH 805 - Seminar in Pathology (Spring semester "research in progress" presentation; presentation skills; written proposal for comprehensive exam). Required every spring after completion of GSMC/IGPBS coursework up to last semester enrolled in program.
Electives - 4 hours of courses relating to major thesis work.
PATH 890 - Individual Research in Pathology: all students enrolled in Pathology graduate programs are required to enroll in at least 1 hour of research in this course each semester and prior to oral comprehensive examination for PhD candidates.
Electives - 4 hours of courses relating to major thesis work.
PATH 990-Individual Research in Pathology: all students enrolled in Pathology PhD program are required to enroll in at least 1 hour of research in this course after successful completion of oral comprehensive examination
MS students must be enrolled in PATH 899 - Masters Thesis and PhD students must be enrolled in PATH 999 - Doctoral Dissertation their final semester in the program.
Possible Elective Courses
PATH 803 - Stem Cell Biology (spring only)
PATH 806 - Epigenetics (spring only)
PATH 913 - Introduction to Grant Writing (spring only)
CBIO 820 - Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Signal Transduction in Cancer (spring only)
CBIO 900 - Cancer Biology (spring only; was 'PATH 939')
ANAT 868 - Advanced Developmental Biology
PHSL 834 - Reproductive Physiology
BHCM 922 - Advanced Molecular Genetics
During the third year of enrollment in the PhD program, the comprehensive examination is taken. This examination, consisting of a written and an oral component, is designed to test the student's ability to develop and defend an original research proposal. The student will also be asked to explain and answer questions in the general areas of molecular and experimental pathology. Upon passing this examination, the student advances to doctoral candidate status.
After passing the Comprehensive Examination, students will devote most of their time to laboratory experimentation and developing a research project. The research portion of the Graduate Training Program should take approximately take two to three years beyond the student's advancement to doctoral candidacy. Substantial portions of the research efforts should result in published works in peer-reviewed scientific journals.
For further information on the Pathology Graduate Training Program at the University of Kansas, contact:
Soumen Paul, PhD
Professor
Director, Pathology Graduate Studies Program
Division of Cancer and Developmental Biology
Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
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