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Last Updated:
10 Aug 2007
 

COURSES  BY  SEMESTER

First Year Students

FALL 2004 – 15 Hours

 Required Courses:

IBS 700	IBS I – Biochemistry & Cell Physiology	Patel	10 hrs
PHY 796	Seminars in Physiology	Benos	3 hrs
PHY 798	Non-Dissertation Research	Faculty	1-13 hrs

 Electives:

PHY 704	Biostatistics	Estevez	3 hrs
PHY 791	Selected Topics in Physiology:  Frontiers in Cardiovascular Pathophysiology	Berecek	3 hrs
PHY 792	Selected Topics in Physiology:  Cell Interactions with Biomaterials	Bellis	3 hrs

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 SPRING 2005 – 15 Hours

 Required Courses:

IBS 701	IBS II – Pathophysiology & Pharmacology of Disease	E Schwiebert	8 hrs
PHY 796	Seminars in Physiology	Benos	3 hrs
PHY 798	Non-Dissertation Resarch	Faculty	1-13 hrs

Electives:

GRD 704	Writing
GRD 705	Teaching
GRD 707	Presentations
PHY 792	Selected Topics in Physiology	TBA	3 hrs
PHY 794	Selected Topics in Physiology	TBA	3 hrs

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 SUMMER 2005 – 10 Hours

Required Courses:

IBS 702	IBS III – Functional Genomes	Ruden	5 hrs
PHY 751	Student Seminars	McMahon	1 hr
PHY 792	Selected Topics in Physiology:  Ethics in Publications **	Benos	3 hrs
PHY 798	Non-Dissertation Research	Faculty	1-9 hrs

Electives:

PHY 720	Biophysics of Membrane Excitability	Benos/ Weiss	4 hrs
PHY 750	Selected Topics in Physiology:  Molecular Physiology and Medicine	Blalock/ Koopman	2 hrs

** An ethics course, either PHY 792 (if offered) or GRD 717 – Principles of Scientific Integrity, must be taken during the first year.

  

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Second Year Students

FALL 2004 – 15 Hours

 Required Courses:

PHY 796	Seminars in Physiology	Benos	3 hrs
PHY 798	Non-Dissertation Research	Faculty	1-13 hrs

 Electives:

PHY 704	Biostatistics	Estevez	3 hrs
PHY 791	Selected Topics in Physiology:  Frontiers in Cardiovascular Pathophysiology	Berecek	3 hrs
PHY 792	Selected Topics in Physiology:  Cell Interactions with Biomaterials	Bellis	3 hrs

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 SPRING 2005 – 15 Hours

 Required Courses:

PHY 796	Seminars in Physiology	Benos	3 hrs
PHY 798	Non-Dissertation Resarch	Faculty	1-13 hrs

 Electives:

GRD 704	Writing
GRD 705	Teaching
GRD 707	Presentations
PHY 792	Selected Topics in Physiology	TBA	3 hrs
PHY 794	Selected Topics in Physiology	TBA	3 hrs

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SUMMER 2005 – 10 Hours

 Required Courses:

PHY 751	Student Seminars	McMahon	1 hr
PHY 798	Non-Dissertation Research	Faculty	1-9 hrs

Electives:

PHY 720	Biophysics of Membrane Excitability	Benos/ Weiss	4 hrs
PHY 750	Selected Topics in Physiology:  Molecular Physiology and Medicine	Blalock/ Koopman	2 hrs

 

 

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Third and Fourth Year Students

FALL 2004 – 15 Hours

 Required Courses:

PHY 796	Seminars in Physiology	Benos	3 hrs
PHY 799	Dissertation Research	Faculty	1-13 hrs

Electives:

PHY 704	Biostatistics	Estevez	3 hrs
PHY 791	Selected Topics in Physiology:  Frontiers in Cardiovascular Pathophysiology	Berecek	3 hrs
PHY 792	Selected Topics in Physiology:  Cell Interactions with Biomaterials	Bellis	3 hrs

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SPRING 2005 – 15 Hours

 Required Courses:

PHY 796	Seminars in Physiology	Benos	3 hrs
PHY 799	Dissertation Resarch	Faculty	1-13 hrs

 Electives:

GRD 704	Writing
GRD 705	Teaching
GRD 707	Presentations
PHY 792	Selected Topics in Physiology	TBA	3 hrs
PHY 794	Selected Topics in Physiology	TBA	3 hrs

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SUMMER 2005 – 10 Hours

 Required Courses:

PHY 751	Student Seminars	McMahon	1 hr
PHY 799	Dissertation Research	Faculty	1-9 hrs

Electives:

PHY 720	Biophysics of Membrane Excitability	Benos/ Weiss	4 hrs
PHY 750	Selected Topics in Physiology:  Molecular Physiology and Medicine	Blalock/ Koopman	2 hrs

 NOTE:  Qualifying Exam – Third year students must schedule a qualifying exam.  See page

  

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Students in their last semester before defending and the semester of defense:

FALL 2004 AND/OR SPRING 2005
PHY 799	Dissertation Research	Faculty	15 hrs
SUMMER 2005
PHY 799	Dissertation Research	Faculty	10 hrs

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NOTES: 

***Seminar Series 2004-2005***  Please check the website (http://www.physiology.uab.edu/seminars.htm) for a list of speakers and presentations for the coming year.  Check often, as this list will be updated frequently during the year.

Journal Club Note:  When the speakers provide a publication to be used in Journal Club, it will be posted on the seminars website.  Click on the speaker’s seminar title to link to the paper(s).