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Graduate Course Proposal Form Submission Detail - GMS6210
Tracking Number - 1683

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Current Status: Approved, Permanent Archive - 2007-06-28
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  1. Date & Time Submitted: 2007-03-12
  2. Department: Molecular Pharm. & Physiol.
  3. College: MD
  4. Budget Account Number: USF01HSC6101-001-0000
  5. Contact Person: Eric Bennett
  6. Phone: 9741545
  7. Email: esbennet@health.usf.edu
  8. Prefix: GMS
  9. Number: 6210
  10. Full Title: Laboratory Rotations in Biomedical Sciences
  11. Credit Hours: 1-3
  12. Section Type: L - Laboratory
  13. Is the course title variable?: N
  14. Is a permit required for registration?: N
  15. Are the credit hours variable?: Y
  16. Is this course repeatable?:
  17. If repeatable, how many times?: 0
  18. Abbreviated Title (30 characters maximum): Lab Rotations in Biomed. Sci.
  19. Course Online?: -
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  21. Grading Option: S - S/U Only
  22. Prerequisites: B.S. in Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Engineering, or similar field
  23. Corequisites: Enrollment in Ph.D. in Medical Sciences Program or permission of instructor
  24. Course Description: This course is designed to introduce the early-career Ph.D. student to the types of questions and techniques involved in biomedical research. The course can be taken for credit more than once.

  25. Please briefly explain why it is necessary and/or desirable to add this course: This course is vital to the Ph.D. in Medical Sciences training program. It provides the first official and organized laboratory experience for the Ph.D. in Medical Sceinces student.
  26. What is the need or demand for this course? (Indicate if this course is part of a required sequence in the major.) What other programs would this course service? Every incoming Ph.D. in Medical Sciences student must take this course at least once.
  27. Has this course been offered as Selected Topics/Experimental Topics course? If yes, how many times? Yes, many times since Fall, 2004.
  28. What qualifications for training and/or experience are necessary to teach this course? (List minimum qualifications for the instructor.) Each instructor is a credentialed graduate faculty member with an appointment within the College of Medicine. Each instructor has a Ph.D. and/or M.D., and an active research program.
  29. Objectives: To train student in fundamental laboratory and experimental skills in biomedical research.
  30. Learning Outcomes: By the end of the course, the students should be able to do the following: 1. Perform basic laboratory methods, 2. Understand the fundamentals of the scientific methods, and, 3. Design well-controlled experiments.
  31. Major Topics: Experimental Methods; Basic Laboratory Skills; Basic Molecular and cellular techniques
  32. Textbooks: N/A - Laboratory Course
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