Medical Sciences Area of Emphasis
MARSHALL UNIVERSITY'S MEDICAL SCIENCES area of emphasis is a two-year, non-thesis degree in Biomedical Sciences. Through offering science courses basic to medicine, this degree is designed to provide you with the background required to pursue a variety of careers in health professions. This could include careers in the allied health sciences, such as public health and health care administration, or in non-research positions including managerial and biotechnology patent law. More commonly, Marshall University's Medical Sciences area of emphasis is selected for its goal to improve the science foundation of students seeking admission into doctoral programs in medicine.
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"The Biomedical Sciences graduate program is an amazing experience that I would suggest to any undergraduate student who is considering medical school. The program not only allows you to take classes with the first-year medical
students to prove that you can succeed, but it also enables you to establish relationships with professors who will teach and advise you during medical school success." ~ Susanna Kapourales, Medical Sciences Student
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It's a surprisingly common story: Each year there are bright, highly motivated students who dream of being physicians but unexpectedly find a roadblock on their path to medical school. Some have a high grade point average, but a borderline Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) score, or vice versa. Often students are advised to enter a graduate-level science program to enhance their skills then reapply to medical school. Marshall's program is the ideal choice: it is specifically designed to maximize your chance of gaining entry into medical school.
MARSHALL ADVANTAGES
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- Marshall's Medical Sciences area of emphasis is tailored especially to meet the needs of future students.
- In fact, you take many of the same courses medical students take!
- We offer you an MCAT review course and pay half of your registration fee!
- This program is not research-oriented, whereas many traditional graduate programs in the sciences give heavy preference to Ph.D.-bound applicants.
- New facility! You will be taught by School of Medicine faculty in high-tech, multimedia, and state-of-the-art rooms where both medical students and medical sciences students come together.
- Should you choose not to attend medical school, our two-year, non-thesis M.S. degree gives you valuable credentials to enter a career in the pharmaceutical industry, public health, or biotechnology.
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MEDICAL SCIENCES CURRICULUM
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Master of Science in Biomedical Sciences (BMS)
Medical Sciences Curriculum
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A minimum of 36 credit hours is required to qualify for this non-thesis
Master of Science degree.
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Fall, Year I
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BMS 600
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Foundations of Biomedical Sciences
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6 hrs.
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BMS 680
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Seminar
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1 hr.
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Elective
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2-3 hrs.
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Spring, Year I
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BMS 680
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Seminar
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1 hrs.
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BMS 685
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Introduction to Research*
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3 hrs.
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PHS 628
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Neurophysiology
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2 hrs.
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PHS 629
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Mammalian Physiology
(recommended elective)
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6 hrs.
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Students will be offered an MCAT Prep course that will be partially subsidized by the program in the summer.
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Fall, Year II
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MCB 631
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Medical Microbiology I
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3 hrs.
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BMS 680
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Seminar
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1 hr.
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PMC 621
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Medical Pharmacology I (recommended elective)
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6 hrs.
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Spring, Year II
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Medical Microbiology II |
3 hrs.
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Medical Pharmacology II
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2 hrs. |
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BMS 680
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Seminar
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1 hr.
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MTH 518 or equivalent
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Biostatistics
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3 hrs.
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Successful completion of this area of emphasis will require a 3.0 grade point average and acceptable performance on the final comprehensive assessment (pass/fail), which will be administered to all degree candidates during the final exam week in the Spring semester of the second year. This degree will not guarantee admission into Marshall University School of Medicine or any other Medical School, but should the student be admitted to Marshall, each department will determine the applicability of graduate credit previously earned toward the medical school requirement.
* The course emphasizes literature research in diseases of high incidence in the Appalachian Region
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Acceptable Elective Courses
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Biomedical Sciences (BMS)
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BMS 614
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Basic Human Genetics
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2 hrs.
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BMS 641
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Molecular Developmental Biology
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3 hrs.
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BMS 651
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Cancer Biology
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4 hrs.
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BMS 670
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Basic Methods in Molecular Cloning
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2 hrs.
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Anatomy (ACB)
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ACB 624
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Microscopic Anatomy and Ultrastructure
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4 hrs.
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ACB 628
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Anatomy of the Nervous System
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4 hrs.
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ACB 632
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Principles of Mammalian Development
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3 hrs.
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ACB 641
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Electron Microscopy
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3 hrs.
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Biochemistry (BIC)
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BIC 628
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Molecular Mechanisms in Growth & Differentiation
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2 hrs.
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BIC 636
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Enzymology
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3 hrs.
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BIC 638
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Nucleic Acids and Protein Synthesis
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3 hrs.
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BIC 643
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Molecular Signal Transduction
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3 hrs.
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Microbiology (MCB)
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MCB 643
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Principles of Immunology
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3 hrs.
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MCB 648
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Molecular Aspects of Pathogenesis
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3 hrs.
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MCB 660
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Diagnostic Virology
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3 hrs.
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Pharmacology (PMC)
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PMC 610
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Introduction to Pharmacology
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3 hrs.
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PMC 625
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Drug Metabolism
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3 hrs.
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PMC 630
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Chemical Aspects of Pharmacology
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3 hrs.
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PMC 635
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Neuropharmacology
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3 hrs.
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PMC 640
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Behavioral Pharmacology
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3 hrs.
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PMC 643
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Introductory Cardiopulmonary Pharmacology
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3 hrs.
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PMC 650
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General Toxicology
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3 hrs.
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Physiology (PHS)
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PHS 632
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Physiology of Sleep
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1 hr.
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PHS 634
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Advanced Neurophysiology
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1-2 hrs.
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PHS 638
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Advanced Cardiovascular Physiology
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1-2 hrs.
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PHS 650
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Immunophysiology
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3 hrs.
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PHS 661
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Endocrinology
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3 hrs.
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PHS 666
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Physiology of the Cell
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3 hrs.
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