Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Return to: Keck School of Medicine of USC  

Hoffman Medical Research Center 204
2011 Zonal Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90089-9092

(323) 442-1294

Fax:  323-442-3049

Email: pathgrad@usc.edu

keck.usc.edu/pathology/

MS Program Director: Cheng-Ming Chuong, MD, PhD

Faculty

Michael E. Selsted, MD, PhD, Professor and Chair

Information for Pathology Faculty: keck.usc.edu/pathology/faculty/

Molecular Pathology and Experimental Medicine Graduate Program

The Department of Pathology offers a program for the Master of Science (MS) degree in Molecular Pathology and Experimental Medicine. The primary objectives of this program are to provide the necessary theoretical and practical training in experimental pathology that culminates with the Master of Science degree. The goal of the program is to train students in preparation for positions in various professions. Such professions include, but are not limited to, senior research staff/senior technician positions in academic or industrial institutions, further MD or PhD study, consultantships requiring multidisciplinary backgrounds or advanced teaching positions in community colleges.

Admissions Requirements

Applicants must meet the minimum admission requirements of the USC Graduate School, as well as the following:

• Bachelor’s degree in a natural science from an accredited college or university
• A minimum undergraduate grade point average of 3.0.
• A minimum of two letters of recommendation are required. The letters should be from faculty members who can evaluate an applicant’s potential for graduate work.
• For international students, please refer to the English Proficiency Expectations on the Graduate Admissions International Students English Proficiency website.

The GRE exam is no longer a requirement for application to the program. If an applicant would like to submit a GRE or MCAT score, the admissions committee will take the submitted score into consideration.

Programs

Molecular Pathology and Experimental Medicine (MS)  

Courses

Pathology (Keck School of Medicine)

• INTD 570 Current Topics in Cellular Homeostasis  
• INTD 630 Viral Oncology  

Courses

• PATH 500a Basic and Applied Systemic Pathology
• PATH 500b Basic and Applied Systemic Pathology
• PATH 531 Cell Biology
• PATH 550 Introduction to Pathology
• PATH 551 Pathobiology of Disease
• PATH 553 Emerging Methods in Cellular and Clinical Pathology
• PATH 554 Emerging Trends and Methods in Molecular Pathology
• PATH 555 Biochemical and Molecular Bases of Disease
• PATH 561 Molecular Biology
• PATH 570a Seminar in Pathology
• PATH 570b Seminar in Pathology
• PATH 570c Seminar in Pathology
• PATH 570d Seminar in Pathology
• PATH 571 Biochemistry
• PATH 572 Medical Physiology I
• PATH 573 Medical Physiology II
• PATH 581 Essentials of Animal Experimentation
• PATH 590 Directed Research
• PATH 594a Master’s Thesis
• PATH 594b Master’s Thesis
• PATH 594z Master’s Thesis
• PATH 599 Special Topics
• PATH 631 Viral Oncology
• PATH 650 Stem Cell Biology and Medicine
• PATH 790 Research
• PATH 794a Doctoral Dissertation
• PATH 794b Doctoral Dissertation
• PATH 794c Doctoral Dissertation
• PATH 794d Doctoral Dissertation
• PATH 794z Doctoral Dissertation