Graduate Program (MBD): Second Year

Typical Schedule for Second Year Student

Autumn

  • PATH 600/800 Research Register for enough credits to bring your total to 10.  Register for Path 600 before establishing Supervisory Committee and Path 800 after establishing Supervisory Committee.
  • PATH 501 Proseminar Take the offered PATH 501 if it sounds interesting.  You need to take at least 3 Path 501s or equivalent courses.
  • CONJ 531 and CONJ 532 Good half-quarter elective courses on signal transduction
  • PATH 520 "Pathology Presents" seminar series (approximately twice monthly)

 

Winter

  • PATH 600/800 Research Register for enough credits to bring your total to 10.  Register for Path 600 before establishing Supervisory Committee and Path 800 after establishing Supervisory Committee.
  • PATH 501 Proseminar Take the offered PATH 501 if it sounds interesting.  You need to take 3 of these before taking your GE.
  • PATH 520 "Pathology Presents" seminar series [approximately twice monthly]. 
  • Grad Student Retreat at end of Winter quarter.  Second and third year students present their research in 10 minute PowerPoint talks.

 

Spring

  • PATH 600/800 Research Register for enough credits to bring your total to 10.  Register for Path 600 before establishing Supervisory Committee and Path 800 after establishing Supervisory Committee.
  • PATH 501 Proseminar Take the offered PATH 501 if it sounds interesting.  You need to take 3 of these before taking your GE
  • PATH 520 "Pathology Presents" series (approximately twice monthly). 

 

Summer

  • PATH 600/800 Research For Summer quarter, you only need to register for enough credits to bring your total to 2 credits unless you are receiving financial aid [student loans etc].  In that case you need to check the registration requirements of your aid program.  Register for Path 600 before establishing Supervisory Committee and Path 800 after establishing Supervisory Committee.
  • Grad Student Retreat at end of Summer quarter.  Senior students present their research in 10 minute PowerPoint talks.

 

During the second year, as soon as the thesis project is formulated, a Supervisory Committee is established.  The Supervisory Committee must be established before the end of the second year.