Brown University requires a minimum of 24 tuition credits for the PhD degree. Students may continue to register for elective courses that are related to their training throughout their time at Brown. Below are suggested courses. In addition, an entire course catalog is available.
Fall Semester 2012
| Code | Title | Schedule | Instructor |
|---|---|---|---|
| BIOL 2050 | Biology of the Eukaryotic Cell |
Tuesdays & Thurdays, 1:00-2:20pm |
Kenneth Miller & Susan Gerbi |
| BIOL 2860 | Molecular Mechanisms of Disease (Pathology I) |
Mondays & Wednesdays, 1:00-2:20pm |
Agnes Kane |
| BIOL 1290 | Cancer Biology | Mondays & Wednesdays, 3:00-4:20pm | Anatoly Zhitkovich |
| BIOL 1520 | Innate Immunity | Mondays & Wednesdays, 8:30-9:50am | Laurent Brossay & Richard Bungiro |
Spring Semester 2013
| Code | Title | Schedule | Instructor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virology | Monday, Wednesdays & Fridays, 9:00-9:50am | Peter Shank | |
| BIOL 1600 | Development of Vaccines to Infectious Diseases | Mondays & Wednesdays, 3:00-4:20pm | Richard Bungiro |
| BIOL 1820 | Environmental Health and Disease | Mondays & Wednesdays, 3:00-4:20pm | Tatiana Johnston |
| BIOL 1870 | Techniques in Pathobiology | Tuesdays & Thursdays, 1:00-3:50pm | Cynthia Jackson & Paul McMillan |
| BIOL 2010 | Quantitative Approaches to Biology | Wednesdays, 2:00-5:00pm | William Fairbrother & Nicola Neretti |
| BIOL 2290 | Signal Transduction | Mondays, 2:00-5:00pm (tentatively) | Alison DeLong & Kristi Wharton |
| BIOL 2310 | Analysis of Development | Tuesdays & Thursdays, 9:00-10:20am | Mark Zervas |
| BIOL 2320 | The Biology of Aging | Thursdays, 2:00-5:00pm | Stephen Helfand, John Sedivy & Marc Tatar |
| BIOL 2540 | Molecular Genetics | Tuesdays & Thursdays, 2:30-3:50pm | Judith Bender & Erica Larschan |
| BIOL 2640 | Viral Immunology | TBA | Christine A. Biron |