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Pharmacology and Toxicology
School of Medicine
Departmental E-mail: PHTXgrad [at] iu [dot] edu
Departmental URL: http://pharmtox.iusm.iu.edu/
(Please note that when conferring University Graduate School degrees, minors, certificates, and sub-plans, The University Graduate School’s staff use those requirements contained only in The University Graduate School Bulletin.)
Curriculum
Special Departmental Requirements
(See also general University Graduate School requirements.)
Admission Requirements
Pharmacology and Toxicology Ph.D. programs participate in an “open enrollment” system named The Indiana University School of Medicine BioMedical Gateway (IBMG) Program. The IBMG Program provides a shared first year experience for all of the School of Medicine biomedical science pre-doctoral (Ph.D. program) students. The link for the IBMG program is: http://grad.medicine.iu.edu/degree-programs/ibmg/.
We accept MS students on a very limited basis. These degree offerings are mostly reserved for students who have started on the PhD course of study and who, for a variety of reasons, find they must end their studies before they complete their Doctorate.
Students desiring only a master’s-level program must first find a faculty member in the Department who is willing to act as mentor and provide financial support. Only after the student obtains this consent from a faculty member in the department would the student’s application be evaluated.
Guidelines for admissions into the Pharmacology and Toxicology MS programs:
GRE: >30% percentile on the Verbal Reasoning section
>50% percentile on the Quantitative Reasoning section
GPA: >3.2/4.0 in core science courses
English proficiency: TOEFL: >620 paper; >260 computer; >105 internet test
IELTS: >7.5
The student is responsible for contacting directly a faculty member s/he is interested in working with to arrange the research prior to submitting an application to the program. If an arrangement for master’s-level training and support is secured, the faculty member must notify the Graduate Advisor in the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology. At that point, special arrangements would be made to evaluate the student’s application to start the degree in the following fall semester.Pharmacology Program
See also “Pharmacology” in the entry for the Medical Sciences Program, Bloomington, in this bulletin.
Pharmacology Graduate Student Advisor
(317) 274-7844
Jian-Ting Zhang, Ph.D., Joseph Walther Hall (R3) C510, jianzhan@iu.edu
Degrees Offered
Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy
Master of Science Degree
Course Requirements
A minimum of 30 hours is required to fulfill the graduate requirements for a Master of Science degree. All M.S. students will be required to take a minimum of 15 hours of coursework (of that 4 hours will be research course F825 in the first year), and a minimum of additional 15 hours of research and seminar. Thesis
Required.
Final Examination
Not applicable.
Doctor of Philosophy Degree
Course Requirements
All Pharmacology Ph.D. students will be required to take 28 hours of coursework (of that 6 hours will be rotations); the remaining 62 hours will be research and seminar, for a total of 90 hours. Other requirements for completing the Ph.D. program are (1) publishing two first-author papers, or submitting a statement from the student’s research committee indicating that these will be forthcoming; and (2) achieving two of the following: (a) submitting a grant application, (b) co-authoring a third paper, and (c) presenting two abstracts at regional, national, or international meetings.
Minor
Students generally minor in life sciences. Students should consult the Graduate Student Advisor in planning their program.
Advisory Committee
An advisory committee is appointed when the student declares Pharmacology as their Ph.D program.
Qualifying Examination
Written and oral, over concepts and research in pharmacology.
Final Examination
Oral defense of dissertation.
¹See also “Pharmacology” in the entry for the Medical Sciences Program, Bloomington, in this bulletin.
Toxicology Program
Degrees Offered
Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy
Master of Science Degree
Course Requirements
A minimum of 30 hours is required to fulfill the graduate requirements for a Master of Science degree. All M.S. students will be required to take a minimum of 15 hours of coursework (of that 4 hours will be research course F812 in the first year), and a minimum of additional 15 hours of research and seminar.
Thesis
Required.
Final Examination
Not applicable.
Doctor of Philosophy Degree
Course Requirements
All Toxicology Ph.D. students will be required to take 28 hours of coursework (of that 6 hours will be rotations); the remaining 62 hours will be research and seminar, for a total of 90 hours. Other requirements for completing the Ph.D. program are (1) publishing two first-author papers, or submitting a statement from the student’s research committee indicating that these will be forthcoming; and (2) achieving two of the following: (a) submitting a grant application, (b) co-authoring a third paper, and (c) presenting two abstracts at regional, national, or international meetings.
Minor
Students generally minor in life sciences. Students should consult the Graduate Student Advisor in planning their program.
Advisory Committee
An advisory committee is appointed when the student declares Toxicology as their Ph.D. program.
Qualifying Examination
Written and oral, over concepts and research in toxicology.
Final Examination
Oral defense of dissertation.