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General Information
About BBSC
The First-Year
Graduate Studies in Basic Biomedical Science offers an extraordinary graduate
experience that furnishes a strong foundation and breadth of biomedical
concepts. The Basic Biomedical Science Curriculum (BBSC) is a specially designed
first-year integrated curriculum for students wishing to pursue their doctoral
research training in any of the following graduate programs at UTMB:
The BBSC
provides a desirable environment for collaborative interactions with over 350
nationally and internationally renowned graduate faculty across
multidisciplinary research areas. The BBSC is composed of three 16-week
foundation courses (Biochemistry, Cell Biology, and Molecular Biology &
Genetics), a series of 8-week integrative electives, laboratory rotations, and a
set of specialized courses and activities (ethics, seminar, statistics, and
orientation).
Students
selected for graduate assistantships receive a stipend of $25,000 in addition to
health insurance coverage. Dental insurance is also available for a small
charge. Assistantship permits out-of-state students to pay in-state tuition
(currently $88/credit-hour/trimester).
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