All students are required to take the core courses listed below:
CORE REQUIRED COURSES (34 units)
| Principles of Pharmacology | PHCL 520/620 | 3 units (Spring) |
| Physiology for Pharmacology Majors | PHCL | 3 units (Fall) |
| **Intro to Med Pharm Research | PHCL 586 A, B | 1 unit (Fall, Spring) |
| ***Independent Study | PHCL 699 | 1 unit (Fall, Spring) |
| Pharmacologic Basis of Therapeutics | PHCL 501 A | 3 units (Spring) |
| Pharmacologic Basis of Therapeutics | PHCL 501 B | 3 units (Fall) |
| Immunopharmacology | PHCL 582 | 3 units (Spring) |
| Neuropharmacology | PHCL 553/653 | 3 units (Spring) |
| Molecular Targets of Pharmacologic Agents | PHCL 551 A | 3 units (Fall) |
| Critical Literature Review (seminar) | PHCL 596 C | 1 unit (Fall, Spring) |
| Scientific Writing Strategies & Ethics | PHCL 595 B | 2 units (Fall) |
| Biostatistics | EPID 576 A | 3 units (Fall) | Molecular & Cellular Biology OR Biochemistry | MCB 568 BIOC 460 | 4 units (Fall) 3 units (Fall) |
*400 level biochemistry courses are considered deficiency coursework and will not count toward your degree unit requirements (see below). If you have already completed a 400 level biochemistry course, please contact the Program Office. At least forty-five(45) units of coursework(excluding the dissertation units earned) must be in the major field which includes at least six(6)units of elective coursework. At least nine units of coursework must be in the minor field.
**Laboratory Rotations required for those students receiving financial support from the Program.
***For first-year students not receiving financial support from the Program (1-unit per semester in year 1).
SUGGESTED ELECTIVES (6 units required)
| Cardiovascular Pharmacology | PHCL 554 | 3 units (Spring) |
| Principles of Neuroanatomy | CBA 502 | 4 units (Spring) |
| Principles of Cellular & Molecular Neurobiology | NRSC 588 | 4 units (Fall) |
| Cancer Therapeutics | CBA 555 | 3 units (Spring) |
| Pharmacology 1 | PCOL 571 A | 4 units (Fall) |
| Drugs of Abuse | PHCL 445 | 3 units (Spring) |
| Proteomics/Genomics | PCOL 601 | 3 units (Fall) |
| Principles in Drug Discovery, Design & Development | PHCL 670 | 3 units (Fall) |
| Basic Human Pathology | PATH 515 | 4 units (Spring) |
| Research Conference (lab meetings) | PHCL 696 A | 1- 9 units (Fall,Spring) |
RESEARCH REQUIREMENTS
| *Research | PHCL 900 | 1-12 units (Fall, Spring, Summer) |
| Master's Thesis | PHCL 910 | 1-9 units (Fall, Spring, Summer) |
| Dissertation | PHCL 920 | 1-18 units (Fall, Spring, Summer) |
| Supplementary Registration | PHCL 930 | 1-9 units (Fall, Spring, Summer) |
*PHCL 900 series courses are not acceptable elective coursework
PERFUSION TRACK
(Additional Required for MS Perfusion Students)
| Principles of Perfusion Techniques | PHCL 670 | 3 units (Fall) |
| Perfusion Technology Lab | PHCL 671 | 1 unit (Fall) |
| Perfusion Science Preceptorship | PHCL 691 L | 3 units (Summer 11, Fall, Spring) |
| Principles of Mechanical Circulatory Systems | PHCL 680 | 3 units (Spring) |
| Mechanical Circulatory Systems Lab | PHCL 681 | 1 unit (Spring) |
| Mechanical Circulatory Systems Preceptorship | PHCL 683 | 1 unit (Summer 1, Fall, Spring) |
Minor Subject (9 units required)
Please consult with the minor department/program to identify courses that will meet their requirement. The minor subject must be approved by the Director of the Graduate Program in Medical Pharmacology. Students are permitted to minor internally.
Deficiency Coursework
| Biochemistry | BIO 462 A, B | 4 units (Fall, Spring) |
| General Biochemistry | BIOC 460 | 3 units (Fall, Spring, Summer) |