Subject: Biomedical Sciences
Course Number: 270
Course Title: Special Topics in Biomedical Sciences
Units: 3
School: Graduate Division
Department: Biomedical Sciences Program

Course Description: Each course offering will focus on literature of a current important area of Biomedical Sciences research. Students will be expected to read assigned papers critically before class and to present and discuss papers in class. Students will also be expected to write and present a brief research proposal based upon their reading.
Prerequisites: None. Completion of first-year curriculum in Biomedical Sciences or another experimental biology graduate program is helpful but not essential.
Restrictions: Biomedical Sciences graduate students and other graduate and professional students with interest in Biomedical Sciences. Permission from instructor is required.
Activities: Direct - Lecture, Direct - Independent Study, Direct - Conference, Student - Lecture

Instructor of Record: Staff
May the student choose the instructor for this course? Yes
Does enrollment in this course require instructor approval? No

Quarter(s) Offered: Spring
Course Grading Convention: P/NP (Pass/Not Pass) or S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)
Graduate Division course: Yes
Is this a web-based online course? No
Is this an Interprofessional Education (IPE) course? No
May students in the Graduate Division (i.e. pursuing Master or PhD) enroll in this course? Yes
Repeat course for credit? Yes