Core Requirements: 12 required credits
- BIO 625: Advanced Molecular Biology (3)
- BIO 630: Advanced Cell Biology (3)
- MAT 610: Statistical Inference and Modeling (3)
- ETH 610: Ethics in Research (1)
- BIO 650: Research Design (2)
Thesis Track:
- BIO 670: Research Rotation (2)
- BIO 701/702: Thesis Research (6)
- BIO 660: Journal Club (1)
- Electives (12)
Capstone Track:
- BIO 665: Molecular Biosciences Capstone (4)
- BIO 660: Journal Club (2)
- Electives (15)
Total Credits: 33
Elective Courses
Students wanting to specialize in any of the areas listed below should take electives within the color coded group.
Red- Biomedical Microbiology;
Blue- Biochemistry, Cancer Biology, Molecular & Cell Biology;
Green- Clinical Microbiology
Pink- Epidemiology, Public Health Microbiology, Courses at SUNY Albany with permission of PD
Brown- Industrial Microbiology
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GRADUATE ELECTIVES |
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Code |
Course Name |
Credits |
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BIO 620 |
Advanced Topics in Microbiology |
3 |
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BIO 627 |
Innate Immunology |
3 |
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BIO 610 |
Immunology |
3 |
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BIO 690 |
Viral Pathogenesis |
3 |
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BIO 680 |
Bacterial Pathogenesis |
3 |
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BIO 635 |
Cell Death and Disease |
3 |
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PSC 635 |
Pharmacological Regulation of Signal Transduction |
3 |
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PSC 733 |
Pharmacology and Molecular Genetics of Cancer |
3 |
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PSC 625 |
Clinical Biochemistry |
3 |
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CLS 610 |
Clinical Microbiology I |
4 |
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CLS 620 |
Clinical Microbiology II |
4 |
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BHS 740 |
Genetics and Molecular Basis of Disease |
3 |
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BHS 745 |
Molecular Diagnostics |
3 |
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BHS 750 |
Flow Cytometry |
3 |
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BIO 615 |
Public Health Microbiology |
3 |
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PAD 693 |
Epidemiology |
3 |
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BIO 648 |
Microbial Fermentation |
3 |
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BIO 631 |
Mammalian Cell Culture |
3 |
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BIO 655 |
Pharmaceutical Microbiology |
3 |
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BIO 641 |
Current Topics in Biopharmaceutical Technology |
3 |
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PSC 620 |
Downstream Processing of Biopharmaceutical Products |
3 |
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PSC646G |
Regulatory Science |
3 |
| PSC652 | Using Animals Models for Therapeutic Drug Discovery | 3 |
| PSC625 | Clinical Biochemistry | 3 |
M.S. MOLECULAR BIOSCIENCES THESIS TRACK SAMPLE SCHEDULE
| YEAR 1 FALL | YEAR 1 SPRING | |||||
| Code | Name | Credits | Code | Name | Credits | |
| BIO 625 | Advanced Molecular Biology | 3 | BIO630 | Advanced Cell Biology | 3 | |
| ETH 610 | Ethics in Research | 1 | BIO 650 | Research Design | 2 | |
| MAT 610 | Statistical Inference and Modeling | 3 | BIO 660 | Journal Club | 1 | |
| BIO 670 | Research Rotation | 2 | Elective 1 | 3 | ||
| Elective 2 | 3 | |||||
| Total Credits | 9 | Total Credits | 12 | |||
| YEAR 2 FALL | YEAR 2 SPRING | |||||
| Code | Name | Credits | Code | Name | Credits | |
| Elective 3 | 3 | Elective 4 | 3 | |||
| BIO 701 | Thesis Research | 3 | BIO 702 | Thesis Research | 3 | |
| Total Credits | 6 | Total Credits | 6 | |||
*Requires completing Thesis Research after Years 1 & 2.
**All students will register for BIO 380 Microbiology Seminar (0 credits) every semester.
#All Master’s students are encouraged to attend Journal club every semester.
M.S. MOLECULAR BIOSCIENCES CAPSTONE TRACK SAMPLE SCHEDULE
| YEAR 1 FALL | YEAR 1 SPRING | |||||
| Code | Name | Credits | Code | Name | Credits | |
| BIO 625 | Advanced Molecular Biology | 3 | BIO 650 | Research Design | 2 | |
| ETH 610 | Ethics in Research | 1 | BIO 630 | Advanced Cell Biology | 3 | |
| MAT 610 | Statistical Inference and Modeling | 3 | Elective 2 | 3 | ||
| BIO 660 | Journal Club | 1 | Elective 3 | 3 | ||
| Elective 1 | 3 | |||||
| Total Credits | 11 | Total Credits | 11 | |||
| YEAR 2 FALL | YEAR 2 SPRING | |||||
| Code | Name | Credits | Code | Name | Credits | |
| Elective 4 | 3 | Experiential Learning | 0 | |||
| Elective 5 | 3 | BIO 665 | Molecular Biosciences Capstone Course* | 4 | ||
| BIO 660 | Journal Club | 1 | ||||
| Total Credits | 7 | Total Credits | 4 | |||
*May require completing Capstone Course after Years 1 & 2.
**All students will register for BIO 380 Microbiology Seminar (0 credits) every semester.
#All Master’s students are encouraged to attend Journal club every semester.