​Pro​gram of Study 

​YEAR ​SEMESTER​
 ​MAJOR ACTIVITIES

1

Fall
  • Orientation (mid-August)
  • Meet with adviser; plan rotations and coursework; begin first rotation.
  • Take core curriculum courses: Introduction to Biomedical Informatics (I); Introduction to Biomedical Data Science (I); Biomedical Informatics and Data Science Journal Club and Seminar Series; Graduate Research Fundamentals (BIOL 5098)
  • First laboratory rotation 

1

Spring-Summer
  • Meet with first-year adviser; plan rotations and coursework; continue rotations
  • Continue core curriculum courses: Introduction to Biomedical Informatics (II); Introduction to Biomedical Data Science (II); Biomedical Informatics and Data Science Journal Club and Seminar Series​
  • Second and third laboratory rotation

2 

 

Fall 

 
  • Choose thesis adviser and begin thesis research. Additional Advanced Topics and/or relevant Elective course
  • Biomedical Informatics and Data Science Journal Club and Seminar Series
  • Thesis research
  • Mentored teaching experience (including teaching pedagogy workshops) – one course in either Fall or Spring-Summer 

2

Spring-Summer
  • Additional Advanced Topics and/or relevant Elective course
  • Biomedical Informatics and Data Science Journal Club and Seminar Series
  • Ethics and Research Science (BIOL 5011)
  • Thesis research
  • Identify thesis committee members
  • Qualifying examination
  • Summer: Continue thesis research 

3

Fall
  • Thesis research
  • Choose a thesis committee and complete thesis proposal (by Dec. 31) 

3

Spring-Summer
  • Thesis research 

4 & 5


  • Thesis research
  • Complete and defend thesis 

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