DBMS 608 INTRODUCTION TO BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH
This course introduced new BMS graduate students to the program degree requirements and expectations, and it is recommended to be taken in the first year of the program, concurrent with the scientific writing course. Assignments pertain to assisting the student in selecting a research topic and mentor. Assignments include literature searches and description of three to five research questions of interest to the student, refining to one to three potential projects and meeting with potential mentors, and mentor selection and submission of final proposal.