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Required Curriculum for the M.D. Degree

The following listing is the typical sequencing of all courses required for earning the M.D. degree. Course descriptions are given under the individual departmental course offerings.

First-Year Required Courses

Year 1, Block 1

Molecular and Cell Biology, BCM 410A

Gross-Radiologic-Developmental Anatomy, CHA 400

Human Physiology, HPH 400

Human Microscopic Anatomy, CHA 402

Genetics, OBG 420

Doctoring 1, MDS 411A

Year 1, Block 2

Medical Immunology, MMI 480A

Medical Microbiology, MMI 480B

General and Endocrine Pathology, PMD 410A

Pharmacology, PHA 400A

Metabolism-Endocrine-Reproduction-Nutrition, “MERN,” IMD 405

Doctoring 1, MDS 411B

Second-Year Required Courses

Year 2, Block 3

Neuroanatomy, CHA 403

Systemic Pathology, PMD 410B

Pharmacology, PHA 400B

Integumentary System, DER 420

Clinical Neurosciences, NEU 420

Doctoring 2, MDS 421A

Year 2, Block 4

Cardiovascular System, IMD 420D

Pulmonary and Critical Care, IMD 420C

Nephrology, IMD 420E

Systemic Pathology, PMD 410C

Pharmacology, PHA 400C

Doctoring 2, MDS 421B

Year 2, Block 5

Hematology, IMD 420A

Muscoloskeletal System, OSU 421

Systemic Pathology, PMD 410C

Pharmacology, PHA 400C

Doctoring 2, MDS 421B

Year 2, Block 6

Oncology, HON 420

Fundamentals of Clinical Psychiatry, PSY 403

GI System, IMD 420B

Systemic Pathology, PMD 410D

Pharmacology, PHA 400D

Doctoring 2, MDS 421C

Third- and Fourth-Year Required Courses

Third-Year Clerkships

Fourth-Year Requirements

32 weeks of learning experiences.

Single 4 week period special study module or scholarly project.

Clinical experiences are chosen by the student in consultation with, and with approval of, the Fourth Year Oversight Committee.

The fourth-year curriculum also allows for 12 weeks of undesignated time (electives, interviews, free time).