Molecular Basis of Cancer Online Program Curriculum Post-baccalaureate Certificate Program (CMCA) Required Courses Foundations in Bioscience 1 Foundations in Bioscience 2 Introduction to Cancer Biology Molecular Basis of Cancer Electives Control of the Cell Cycle and Cell Death Experimental Approaches in Cancer Research Special Topics in the Molecular Basis of Cancer Graduate Pharmacology* Drug Discovery and Development I* Drug Discovery and Development II* Scientific Writing and Medical Literature Current Federal Regulatory Issues in Biomedical Research * Requires program director approval prior to registration. Master of Science Program (MCAN) Required Courses Foundations in Bioscience 1 Foundations in Bioscience 2 Introduction to Cancer Biology Molecular Basis of Cancer Advanced Molecular Mechanisms of Cancer Applications of Clinical Research Biostatistics (or) Applied Statistics for Biomedical Sciences Fundamentals of Compliance (or) Biomedical Ethics Electives Control of the Cell Cycle and Cell Death Experimental Approaches in Cancer Research Special Topics in the Molecular Basis of Cancer Biochemistry of Cancer Therapeutics Discovery Current Topics in Cell Biology Practicum in Molecular Basis of Cancer Special Topics in Cancer Therapeutics Biotechniques I: Molecular and Genomic Methods* Biotechniques II: Immunological Methods* Immunology, Immunopathology, and Infectious Diseases* Introduction to Infectious Diseases* Clinical Correlations in Immunology* Emerging Biomedical Interventions for Human Disease* Molecular Genetics* Graduate Pharmacology* Drug Discovery and Development I* Drug Discovery and Development II* Scientific Writing and Medical Literature Current Federal Regulatory Issues in Biomedical Research Cell and Gene Therapy 1 Cell and Gene Therapy 2 * Requires program director approval prior to registration. Sample Plan of Study: Post-baccalaureate Certificate Program (CMCA) * Required course. Fall Semester, Year 1 · Foundations in Bioscience 1* · Introduction to Cancer Biology* Spring Semester, Year 1 · Foundations in Bioscience 2* · Elective 1 (at least 2 credits) Example: Control of the Cell Cycle and Cell Death Fall Semester, Year 2 · Molecular Basis of Cancer* · Elective 2 (at least 2 credits) Example: Experimental Approaches in Cancer Research Sample Plan of Study: Master of Science Program (MCAN) * Required course. Fall Semester, Year 1 · Foundations in Bioscience 1* · Fundamentals of Compliance* Spring Semester, Year 1 · Foundations in Bioscience 2* · Introduction to Cancer Biology* Fall Semester, Year 2 · Molecular Basis of Cancer* · Electives (at least 4 credits) Spring Semester, Year 2 · Advanced Molecular Mechanisms of Cancer* · Electives (at least 4 credits) Fall Semester, Year 3 · Applications of Clinical Research Biostatistics* · Electives (at least 3 credits) Spring Semester, Year 3 · Electives (at least 6 credits)