Course variations

Course summary

This program is a college-wide and are administered by a committee of the graduate faculty and the Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies acting in conjunction with the departments. The programs are open to veterinary graduates in all departments and to those with bachelor's degrees.

Program modules

The courses include BCHE 7200 Advanced Biochemistry I, BCHE 7210 Advanced Biochemistry II, STAT 7000 Experimental Statistics , VBMS 7280 Physics of Diagnostic Imaging, VBMS 7500 Cellular and Molecular Immunology, VBMS 7520 Eukaryotic Molecular Biology, VBMS 7540 Current Topics in Molecular Virology, VBMS 7710 Advanced Eukaryotic Molecular Biology, VBMS 7720 Developmental Molecular Biology, Clinical science core: VBMS 7070 Endocrinology, VBMS 7090 Clinical Pharmacology, VBMS 7210 Radiation Biology, VBMS 7470 Advanced Epidemiology, VBMS 7530 Experimental Techniques in Molecular and Cellular Biology, VBMS 7640 Mechanisms of Disease, ANSC 7600 Physiology of Reproduction (approval limited to Residents in Theriogenology), BIOL 6260 Prokaryotic Molecular Genetics (3), STAT 7000 Experimental Statistics I (4), BCHE 7200 Advanced Biochemistry I (3), BCHE 7210 Advanced Biochemistry II (3), VBMS 7520 Eukaryotic Molecular Biology (3), VBMS 7500 Cellular and Molecular Immunology (4), VBMS 7540 Current Topics in Molecular Virology (3), VBMS 7710 Advanced Eukaryotic Molecular Biology (3), VBMS 7720 Developmental Molecular Biology (3), Pathobiology Elective Courses, STAT 7010 Experimental Statistics II (3), BCHE 7230 Biochemistry of Macromolecules (3), VBMS 7450 Selected Topics in Graduate Education Research (1), VBMS 7460 Bacterial Pathogenesis (3), VBMS 7470 Advanced Epidemiology (3), VBMS 7480 Methods in Immunology (5), VBMS 7490 Diagnostic Techniques in Veterinary Microbiology (4), VBMS 7530 Experimental Techniques In Molecular and Cell Biology (3), VBMS 7540 Current Topics in Molecular Virology (3), VBMS 7640 Mechanisms of Disease (3), VBMS 7660 Veterinary Helminthology (3), VBMS 7670 Pathology Parasitic Diseases (3), VBMS 7970 Research Problems in Biomedical Sciences (1-5), VBMS 7990 Research and Thesis in Biomedical Sciences (1-10), VBMS 8950 Biomedical Sciences Seminar (1), VBMS 8990 Research and Dissertation (1-10).

Entry requirement for international students

Students to be considered for admission must have completed a bachelor’s degree from an accredited U.S. institution, or the equivalent from an international institution with good academic good standing in the institution last attended. They must have obtained any one of the following scores: a GPA of at least 2.75 on all undergraduate course work at an accredited United States institution in fulfillment of the requirements for a baccalaureate degree; a GPA of at least 3.0 on all graduate course work at an accredited United States institution in fulfillment of the requirements for a graduate degree; or an acceptable Graduate Records Examination score (minimum combined total of 1000 scored on verbal and quantitative sections). Also students whose native language is not English must demonstrate their proficiency in English language with a TOEFL score of 550.

Qualification

Doctoral

Awarding body

AUBURN UNIVERSITY

Department name

Auburn University Graduate School

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