4-Year Combined Program and 2-Year Research Only Program
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Academic Schedule - 4-Year Program

  Months /
1st Year
Months /
2nd Year
Months /
3rd Year
Months /
4th Year
Total to Complete
Masters of Translational Science
Coursework* 12 0 0 0 12
Thesis 0 6 0 0 6
Clinical Training 
Clinic 0 12 12 12 36
Fellows Service 0 2 1 0 3
CCU 0 0 0 3 3
Cath Lab 0 1 3 3 7
Noninvasive lab 0 1 2 2 5
Nuclear 0 1 1 1 3
General consults 0 0 2 0 2
Arrythmia/EP 0 1 1 0 2
Dedicated Research 0 0 2 3 5

Master of Science Degree Clinical and Population Translational Science: Genetic Epidemiology Track

Year One

Fall Year 1(11 credits)

  • CPTS 701. Foundations of Clinical and Translational Science (3)
  • CPTS 730. Introduction to Statistics (4)
  • CPTS 720. Epidemiology (3)
  • MOGN 731 Molecular Biology (0) Audit
  •  CPTS 703  Ethics and Responsibility in CPTS 1 (1)

Spring Year 1 (14 credits)

  • CPTS 742. Clinical Trial Methods (3)
  • CPTS 732. Applied Linear Models (4)
  • BICM 734 Human Molecular Genetics (2)
  • CPTS 726 Genetic Epi (3)
  • CPTS 704. Ethics and Responsibility in CPTS II (1)

Summer Year 1 (6 credits)

  • CPTS 705. Team Science Practicum (3)
  • CPTS 741. Research Grant Preparation (3)

Year 2

Thesis only

  • Completion of Your Thesis

As stated above, students will be required to design a thesis project of publishable quality that is closely aligned with their interests and career objectives. Thesis topic selections will be made in the spring semester of the first year and work to complete the thesis will be in the second year.

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