Curriculum

The International Master’s Program of Biomedical Sciences (IMPBS) offers comprehensive, diverse, and extensive courses to prepare students for highly competitive careers in education, industry, and research. Students are expected to spend their two years in a sequence of required and elective courses that cover the principles and techniques in cellular as well as molecular biology.

Required courses

Required courses
Courses Title Instructor R/E Credit 1st Y 2nd Y Course Code Time Notice
F S F S
分子醫學
Molecular Medicine 
  R 4 4       D4D000136 Lecture: Fri 78
PBL (group discussion):
Tue 78 or Fri 9A

院級必修
college required
Fall semester only.

專題討論
Seminar
黃文欽
Huang,Wen-Chin
蘇文琪
Wen-Chi Su  
R 4 1 1 1 1 Fall:
M5M000003
M5M000005
Spring:
M5M000004
M5M000006
Tue 34 (Fall)
Mon 56 (Spring)
 
現代生物醫學講座

Lecture on modern biomedicine

  E 2 1 1     Fall:
GBD000001
GBD000003
Spring:
GBD000002
GBD000004
Fri 40
(11am-1pm)
學程必修
Program required.
研究倫理
Research Ethics
  R 0 0           校定必修             School required.
online course.
實驗室安全
Laboratory Safety
  R 0 0          

校定必修       School required.
Held in every Oct.

碩士論文
Master Dissertation
  R 6       6      
 Total Required Credits R 16 6 2 1 7      

Elective courses

基礎選修課程
Basic Elective Courses (at least select 2 courses below)
Courses Title Instructor R/E Credit 1st Y 2nd Y Course Code Time Notice
F S F S
進階生物技術原理與應用
Advanced principles and applications of biotechnology 
佘玉萍
Yuh-Pyng Sher 
E 2 2       M5M000011 Wed 12  
腫瘤細胞生物學研究法Biomethodology of tumor cell biology 黃文欽
Huang,Wen-Chin 
E 2 2       M5M000017 Thu 23 co-class with PhD program of GIBS
微生物及免疫學
Microbiology and immunology
陳惠珍
Hui-Chen Chen
蘇文琪
Wen-Chi Su
E 2   2      M5M000010

Mon 34

 
生物統計學特論(一)
Special topics on biostatistics (I)
李采娟
Tsai-Chung Li
E 2 2       TBD Thu 78 co-class with dept Public Health and Cosmeceutics, Graduate Institute of International Public Health Program.
國際醫療與健康的全球視野
Global view of international medical service and health
楊良友
Liang-Yo Yang
E 2 2       TBD TBD  
論文寫作
Scientific writing
陳惠珍
Hui-Chen Chen 
E 1     1   M5M000009 Tue 4 recommend 2nd or higher semester student
研究專長領域選修課程
Professional Elective Courses (at least select 1 course below)
基礎與臨床藥理學特論(一)/(二)
Special topics on basic and clinical pharmacology (I) (II)
湯智昕
Chih-Hsin Tang
E 2 1 1     TBD TBD  
神經科學研究的先進技術
Advanced techniques in neuroscience research
翁鳳如
Eddie Feng-Ju Weng
E 2 2       TBD TBD co-class with PhD program of GIBS
神經科學簡介
Introduction to neuroscience
張瓈云
Sunny LY Chang 
E 2   2     M5M000008 Tue 78  
腫瘤發展與惡化 Tumor development & progression 黃文欽
Huang,Wen-Chin 
E 2   2     M5M000018 Tue 78 including PhD program of GIBS
偽慢病毒特論
Special topics of pseudotyped lentivirus
蘇文琪
Wen-Chi Su 
E 2   2     M5M000026 Wed 78  
 Total Elective Credits E 21 11 9 1 0      

Recommended Courses from other Dept. of CMU

Course Daytime:
【1】08:10~09:00   【2】09:10~10:00   【3】10:10~11:00   【4】11:10~12:00   【0】12:10~13:00  【5】13:10~14:00   【6】14:10~15:00   【7】15:10~16:00   【8】16:10~17:00

 

Graduation Requirements

The requirements for graduation include the following:

  • Successful completion of 31 credit hours of required courses (10 credits) and electives (15 credits)
  • Conduct of an original research project
  • Submission and defense of a master’s dissertation (6 credits)
  • Pass thesis defense. 
    Steps for applying thesis defense.
    * Package for application please download at Downloads.

Student Advisory Committee

Thesis Advisor

The thesis advisor is responsible for helping their students maintain steady progress toward their Master’s degrees. The thesis advisor guides the student in effectively utilizing the resources within the IMPBS and the overall academic community to ensure that the student becomes well-trained and educated. The relationship between the thesis advisor and the student should be established only after careful consideration and assessment by both the student and their prospective thesis advisor.

All faculty with primary or secondary appointments at CMU may serve as thesis advisors for graduate students in the IMPBS. A thesis advisor is expected to assume financial responsibility for the student during their tenure in the faculty member’s laboratory.  

Thesis

The format of every thesis should include an “Abstract”, an “Introduction or Background” section that reviews the literature as well as provides a rationale for the problems addressed, a “Materials and Methods” section, a “Results” section that presents the experimental data, and finally a “Discussion” section that summarizes the conclusion and postulates about avenues for future perspective work.  

The Thesis Advisory Committee comprises three to five members; two to four are faculty in the International Master’s Program of Biomedical Sciences (IMPBS) and one member is from outside CMU. The thesis must be submitted to the Thesis Advisory Committee at least one week prior to the defense to permit the members adequate time to review it.