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Program of Study

Soon after starting doctoral studies, a Ph.D. student should begin to consider research directions for a dissertation, to select a Supervising Professor, and to become involved in research. The first step is to submit a Program of Study for approval. The Program of Study documents the student's intended field of study and area of specialization. The student can, and in many cases will, revise the Program of Study as the research directions and interest become clearer.

Typical doctoral studies will consist of at least 81 hours beyond the Bachelor's Degree. The number of hours beyond a Master's Degree will be determined on a case by case basis. Undergraduate courses, general education courses, and prerequisites for graduate courses cannot be counted toward this total. The hours are divided as follows:

  1. Courses required of all students in the proposed program - 22 hours
  2. Elective courses prescribed for those students - at least 9 hours
  3. Courses freely elected by student - at least 9 hours
  4. Dissertation/Research, Seminar, Lab Rotations,and Teaching - at least 15 hours

Courses Required of All Students in the Proposed Program (22 hours):

CSBL 5095 Experimental Design and Data Analysis (UTHSCSA)
EGR 5093 Special Topics in Engineering Analysis (UTSA)
Biomaterials (UTHSCSA/UTSA)
Biomechanics (UTHSCSA/UTSA)
Bio-imaging and Electronics (UTHSCSA/UTSA)
Introduction to Clinical Practices (UTHSCSA)
PHYL 5013 Physiology or CSBL 5013 Gross Human Anatomy (UTHSCSA)
INTD 6002 Ethics in Research (UTHSCSA)
 Other Required Courses (5 hours) Seminar (UTHSCSA/UTSA)
Laboratory Rotations (UTHSCSA/UTSA)
Supervised Teaching (UTHSCSA/UTSA)

Prescribed Elective Courses (at least 9 hours):

General Courses:

Tissue Engineering (UTHSCSA/UTSA)
BIO 5023 Molecular and Genetic Bases of Living Systems (UTSA)
CHE 5163 Advanced Instrumental Analysis (UTSA)
Independent Study (UTHSCSA/UTSA)
INTD 5005 Biochemistry (UTHSCSA)
INTD 5006 Molecular Biology (UTHSCSA)
MICR 5016 Concepts and Techniques in Biotechnology (UTHSCSA)
PHAR 5013 Principles of Pharmacology (UTHSCSA)
PHYL 6091 Selected Topics in Physiology (UTHSCSA)
PHYL 5040 Cell & Neural Physiology (UTHSCSA)
STA 5103 Applied Statistical Methods (UTSA)
BIO 5503 Sensory Physiology (UTSA)

Biomaterials/Biomechanics Courses:

Advanced Topics in Biomaterials (UTHSCSA/UTSA)
Advanced Biomechanics (UTHSCSA/UTSA)
Cellular Biomechanics (UTHSCSA/UTSA)
CHE 6173 Advanced Topics in Organic, Medicinal, Bio-organic, and Biophysical Chemistry (UTSA)
EGR 5513 Finite Element Methods in Mechanics (UTSA)
Implants in Dentistry (UTHSCSA)
ME 5013 Topics in Mechanical Engineering (UTSA)
ME 5173 Nonlinear Systems and Chaos (UTSA)
ME 5653 Computational Fluid Dynamics (UTSA)
ME 5613 Advanced Fluid Mechanics (UTSA)
EGR 5543 Foundations of Solid Mechanics (UTSA)
EGR 5563 Elasticity (UTSA)
RESD 6102 Advanced Dental Materials (UTHSCSA)

Bio-imaging/Electronics Courses:

EE 5213 Topics in Instrumentation (UTSA)
EE 5243 Topics in Control Systems (UTSA)
EE 5263 Topics in Digital Signal Processing and Digital Filtering (UTSA)
EE 5363 Digital Image Processing (UTSA)
EE 6343 Advanced Topics in Control Systems (UTSA)
EE 6363 Advanced Topics in Signal Processing (UTSA)
RADI 5015 Physics of Diagnostic Imaging I (UTHSCSA)
RADI 6016 Physics of Diagnostic Imaging II (UTHSCSA)
RADI 6014 Physics of Dental Imaging (UTHSCSA)
RADI 6017 Human Behavioral Imaging (UTHSCSA)
RADI 6019 Medical Image Processing (UTHSCSA)

Neuroscience Courses:

BIO 7573 Computational Neuroscience (UTSA)
EE 5463 Artificial Neural Networks (UTSA)
INTD 5041 Neuroscience - Medical (UTHSCSA)
BIO 5433 Neurophysiology (UTSA)
Neural Control of Movement (UTSA/UTHSCSA)
Synaptic Plasticity and Memory (UTSA/UTHSCSA)

Courses Freely Elected by Students (at least 9 hours): Free electives can be selected from any course offered at UTHSCSA or UTSA with the written consent of the Supervising Professor.

Doctoral Dissertation - hours as required

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