This Biomedical Sciences Masters Along the Way track is a nonterminal Master's degree program available only to students in the Biomedical Sciences PhD program. Entering PhD students may request the option to receive a non-thesis Master of Science (MS) "along the way" degree that will be awarded after achieving candidacy. Requirements for the MS degree include successful completion of all PhD courses required for the degree. A total of 33 credit hours minimum is required.
To receive the masters, students must take 18 credit hours minimum of core required courses, 12 credit hours of approved electives, and register for 3 credit hours of capstone. The capstone exam will be fulfilled when the student successfully pass both the written and oral candidacy exam.
Track Prerequisites
Option only open to current students in the PhD Biomedical Sciences Program.
Degree Requirements
Required Courses
18 Total Credits
- Complete all of the following
- Complete the following:
- BSC6432 - Biomedical Sciences I (5)
- BSC6431 - Practice of Biomedical Sciences (3)
- Earn at least 3 credits from the following:
- BSC6407C - Laboratory Methods in Molecular Biology (3)
- MCB5722C - Methods in Biotechnology (4)
- Earn at least 2 credits from the following:
- IDS6694 - Experimental Design and Analysis in Biomedical Sciences (2)
- Earn at least 3 credits from the following:
- PCB6815 - Molecular Aspects of Obesity, Diabetes and Metabolism (3)
- PCB5838 - Cellular and Molecular Basis of Brain Functions (3)
- PCB6236 - Cancer Biology (3)
- MCB6273 - Advanced Topics in Infectious Processes (3)
- Earn at least 2 credits from the following:
- IDS7690 - Frontiers in Biomedical Sciences (1)
Elective Courses
12 Total Credits
- Complete all of the following
- Earn at least 12 credits from the following:
- BSC5418 - Tissue Engineering (3)
- BSC5436 - Biomedical Informatics : Structure Analysis (3)
- BSC6407C - Laboratory Methods in Molecular Biology (3)
- CAP5510 - Bioinformatics (3)
- IDS5127 - Foundation of Bio-Imaging Science (3)
- MCB5205 - Infectious Processes (3)
- MCB5209 - Microbial Stress Response (3)
- MCB5208 - Cellular Microbiology: Host-Pathogen Interactions (3)
- MCB5225 - Molecular Biology of Disease (3)
- MCB5209 - Microbial Stress Response (3)
- MCB5505 - Molecular Virology (3)
- MCB5722C - Methods in Biotechnology (4)
- MCB5415 - Cellular Metabolism (3)
- MCB5932 - Current Topics in Molecular Biology (1 - 99)
- MCB5415 - Cellular Metabolism (3)
- MCB6226 - Molecular Diagnostics (3)
- MCB6417C - Microbial Metabolism (3)
- PCB5025 - Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology (3)
- PCB5235 - Molecular Immunology (3)
- PCB6236 - Cancer Biology (3)
- PCB5238 - Immunobiology (3)
- PCB5265 - Stem Cell Biology (3)
- PCB5275 - Signal Transduction Mechanics (3)
- PCB5596 - Biomedical Informatics: Sequence Analysis (3)
- PCB6815 - Molecular Aspects of Obesity, Diabetes and Metabolism (3)
- PCB5838 - Cellular and Molecular Basis of Brain Functions (3)
- PCB6528 - Plant Molecular Biology (3)
- PCB6595 - Regulation of Gene Expression (3)
- PCB6677 - Molecular Evolution and Phylogenetics (3)
- ZOO5748C - Clinical Neuroanatomy (5)
- MCB5117C - Microbial Genomics (4)
- ZOO6737 - Clinically Oriented Human Anatomy (4)
- ZOO5749C - Clinical Neuroscience (5)
- CHS6536 - Population Genetics and Genetic Data (3)
- CHS6535 - Forensic Molecular Biology (3)
- 12 credit hours of electives must be taken from this list. Others: If approved by the Graduate Committee. Note: These courses are in addition to the Laboratory Methods required course.
Capstone
3 Total Credits
- Complete all of the following
- Complete the following:
- MCB6026 - Molecular Biology and Microbiology Capstone (3)
- Registration of MCB 6026 is required during the semester of the candidacy exam, along with passing the oral and written candidacy exam to obtain the MS Degree.
Grand Total Credits: 33
Financial Information
Nonthesis students are not considered for departmental graduate assistantships or tuition assistance.
Graduate students may receive financial assistance through loans or other financial aid. For more information, see the College of Graduate Studies Funding website, which describes the types of financial assistance available at UCF and provides general guidance in planning your graduate finances. The Financial Information section of the Graduate Catalog is another key resource.
Fellowship Information
This program does not provide any fellowships to students in the MS Biomedical Sciences program.
