Cancer Biology and Molecular Medicine (MS)

专业介绍

USC Keck 医学院的癌症生物学与分子医学理学硕士(MS),要求 34 学分,常规学制 2 年。项目为学生继续攻读博士或进入产业界与学术界从事研究做准备,提供癌症与分子生物学的理论基础、传统与前沿研究方法、实验设计以及应用数据科学与生物信息学训练。学生需围绕既定课题开展实验室研究、进行口头报告并撰写论文答辩。

The Department of Cancer Biology offers a Master of Science degree for Cancer Biology and Molecular Medicine. Primary goals of the program are to train students in preparation for (1) further doctoral study, and (2) research careers in industry and academia. Students are provided the necessary theoretical foundation in cancer and molecular biology, traditional and state-of-the-art methods used for research, experimental design, applied data science and bioinformatics. They are trained in conducting laboratory research on a defined project, oral presentations of the results and writing a thesis defending their project. The program is designed to enable high-achieving students from other STEM fields such as chemistry or pharmacy to broaden their education and/or research experience to biological sciences. The program, with its rigorous curriculum, is designed to simultaneously challenge st