Master of Science in Interdisciplinary Health Sciences (MIHS) Program

24.0 additional semester credits for a total minimum of 48.0 semester credits in the two-year program

After completing the Interdisciplinary Health Science Certificate requirements, students complete 24 additional credit hours of graduate course work. Students select a concentration track, and complete a final research paper. For additional guidance on the research paper requirements, students should contact the MIHS Program Director.

Curriculum

Fall			Credits
IHS 504S	Research Project and paper			3.0
	Concentration track courses*			9.0
Spring
MLAS 530S	Biostatistics			3.0
	Concentration track courses*			9.0
*Concentration Tracks:
Clinical Research, Management and Laboratory Skills
Students select concentration courses from the following list:
CR 620S	Principles, Practice, and Regulation of Biotechnology			3.0
CR 625S	Health Policy and Economics			3.0
CR 614S	Applications of Pharmacotherapy in Research and Development			3.0
MLAS 520S	Financial Management of Laboratory Animal Facilities			3.0
MLAS 523S	Organizational Management I			3.0
MSPA 510S	Laboratory Management			2.0
MSPA 520S	Medical Terminology			3.0
MSPA 590S	Leadership Skills in the Health Sciences			3.0
MSPA 560S	Medical Ethics			2.0
MLAS 535S	Biology and Care of Laboratory Animals			4.0
MLAS 536S	Animal Models in Biomedical Research			1.0
PHRM 525S	Drug Discovery and Development			3.0
Biochemical and Pharmacologic Principles
Students select concentration courses from the following list:
MFSP 502	Biological Aspects of Forensic Science			3.0
MFSP 509	Forensic Toxicology I			3.0
MFSP 510	Forensic Toxicology II			3.0
MFSP 532	Forensic Microbiology				3.0
MLAS 513S	Biochemical Basis of Disease			2.0
MLAS 529S	Molecular Genetics			2.0
MMSP 530S	Selected Topics in Pharmacology			7.0
MSPP 511S	Concepts in Biochemistry and Cell Biology			4.0
MSPP 515S	Biological Function and Regulation			4.0
PHRM 512S	Graduate Pharmacology			3.0
PHRM 525S	Drug Discovery and Development			3.0
PHGY 503S	Graduate Physiology			4.0
Concepts in Anatomy and Pathology
Students select concentration courses from the following list:
MFSP 505	Forensic Pathology I			3.0
MFSP 506	Forensic Pathology II			3.0
MFSP 507	Forensic Anthropology			3.0
MFSP 534	Human Osteology and Calcified Tissue Biology			3.0
MLAS 513S	Biochemical Basis of Disease			2.0
MLAS 531S	Embryology			4.0
MLAS 536S	Animal Models in Biomedical Research			1.0
MLAS 545S	Fundamentals of Histology			2.0
MSPA 550S	Applied Anatomic Pathology			4.0
MSPA 570S	Medical Pathology I			6.0
MSPA 571S	Medical Pathology II			4.0
MSPP 513S	Summer Seminar: Special Topics in Anatomy			4.0
Laboratory Techniques
Students select concentration courses from the following list:
MFSP 507	Forensic Anthropology			3.0
MFSP 531	Forensic Photography				3.0
MFSP 532	Forensic Microbiology			3.0
MFSP 546	Forensic DNA Analysis				4.0
MLAS 535S	Biology and Care of Laboratory Animals			4.0
MLAS 536S	Animal Models in Biomedical Research			1.0
MLAS 545S	Fundamentals of Histology			2.0
MSPA 520S	Medical Terminology			3.0
MSPA 540S	Histotechnology I			3.0
MSPA 580S	Medical Microbiology I			4.0
MSPA 581S	Medical Microbiology II			3.0
MSPA 560S	Medical Ethics			2.0
Medical Science
Students in this concentration must take all of the following required courses:
IMSP 502S	Medicine and Society I				3
IMSP 503S	Medicine and Society II				2.0
IMSP 510S	Medical Biochemistry I				7.5
IMSP 511S	Medical Biochemistry II				.5
IMSP 520S	Medical Physiology I				3.5
IMSP 521S	Medical Physiology II				3.5
IMSP 540S	Cell Biology and Microanatomy I				5
IMSP 541S	Cell Biology and Microanatomy II				3
IMSP 560S	Medical Neuroscience				6
Medical Technology
(Concentration is under development)

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