Formal didactic courses are taken mainly in the first two years of the Ph.D. program. Courses are identified as "core" and "elective." Descriptions of these offerings can be found below. All graduate students in pharmacology take the core courses, unless specifically exempted because they have taken similar graduate-level courses elsewhere. Normally, students take for academic credit at least two courses in specialized areas of pharmacology. In addition, students, in consultation with their advisers, may customize their curriculum by taking graduate-level electives offered by other departments. Students can expect to be involved in laboratory research throughout their graduate school years.

Opportunities for wider exposure to issues of current biomedical interest are provided by weekly departmental seminars. The speakers are from within the department, from other departments in the Medical Center, from other colleges in the University, and from academic, governmental, or industrial research centers. A list of recent seminar speakers can be found as an insert in a center folder. Graduate students often meet with visiting scientists for 2 to 3 hours for an exchange of ideas at a personal level.

Core Courses - Ph.D. Degree