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Student 1:    PhD in Biomechanics and Movement Science. Primary focus on Biomechanics

Year 1 Coursework

HESC 803

Introduction to Lab Instrumentation

3 credits*

MEEG 683

Orthopaedic Biomechanics

3

BMSC 868

Research

3

BMSC 865

BIOMS Seminar

0 #

BMSC 866

Special Problem (EMG: Theory & Techniques)

3

HESC 690

Biomechanics Methods

3

PHYT 667

Seminar in Locomotion Studies

3

BMSC 865

BIOMS Seminar

0 #

Year 2 Coursework

BISC 667

Biological Statistics

3 **

BMSC 667

Mathematics for Biomechanics

3

BMSC 865

BIOMS Seminar

0 #

PHYT 667

Professional Issues in Academic Seminar

1

PHYT 630

Human Motor Control

3 √

PHYT 626

Advanced Regional Anatomy

3 √

BMSC 868

Research

3

Year 3 Coursework

BMSC 964

Pre-Doctoral Candidacy Study

6

PHYT 867

Research Ethics

2

BMSC 969

Doctoral Dissertation

9


33 credits of coursework with 9 credits of Dissertation
* One course Instrumentation
** One course Statistics
√ Two courses outside concentration in Biomechanics program
# Three semesters of BIOMS Seminar
No more than 6 credits of Research and 12 credits Special Problems and/or Research



Student 2:  PhD in Biomechanics and Movement Science. Primary focus on Applied Anatomy & Biomechanics

Year 1 Coursework

HESC 651

Neurophys Basis of Human MR

3 credits √

HESC 803

Laboratory Instrumentation

3 *

BMSC 865

BIOMS Seminar

0 #

HESC 602

Elementary Computer Statistics

3 **

HESC 690

Biomechanical Methods

3

BMSC 865

BIOMS Seminar

0 #

Year 2 Coursework

BMSC 667

Math & Signal Processing

3

HESC 657

Seminar in Motor Behavior

3 √

HESC 687

Seminar in Biomechanics

3

BMSC 865

BIOMS Seminar

0 #

MEEG 612

Biomechanics of Human Movement

3

MEEG 682

Clinical Biomechanics

3

BMSC 868

Research

3

Year 3 Coursework

BMSC 866

Special Problem (Math Analysis of Knee Axis)

3

MEEG 683

Orthopedic Biomechanics

3

BMSC 868

Research

3

     

BMSC 969

Doctoral Dissertation

9


33 credits of coursework with 9 credits of Dissertation
* One course Instrumentation
** One course Statistics
√ Two courses outside concentration in Biomechanics program
# Three semesters of BIOMS Seminar


Student 3:    PhD in Biomechanics and Movement Science. Primary focus on Applied Physiology

Year 1 Coursework
BISC 605 Applied Mammalian Physiology 3 credits
BISC 667 Biological Statistics 3 **
BMSC 868 Research 3

BMSC 865

BIOMS Seminar

0 #

PHYT 666 Advanced Regional Anatomy 3 √

BMSC 866

Special Problem (MRI Analysis of Skeletal Muscle)

3

PHYT 630

Human Movement Control

3 √

PHYT 667

Professional Issues in Academia

1

BMSC 865

BIOMS Seminar

0 #

BMSC 866

Special Problem (Electromyography)

3

BMSC 868

Research

3

Year 2 Coursework

BISC 618

Computer Imaging in Biology

3 *

HESC 804

Clinical Measures in Exercise Physiology

3

BMSC 866

Special Problem (Research Ethics)

2

BMSC 865

BIOMS Seminar

0 #

Year 3 Coursework

BMSC 964

Pre-doctoral Candidacy Study

6

     

BMSC 969

Doctoral Dissertation

9


33 credits of coursework with 9 credits of Dissertation
* One course Instrumentation
** One course Statistics
√ Two courses outside concentration in Biomechanics program
# Three semesters of BIOMS Seminar
No more than 6 credits of Research and 12 credits Special Problems and/or Research



Student 4:    PhD in Biomechanics and Movement Science. Primary focus on Motor Control & Development

Year 1 Coursework
HESC 803 Introduction to Lab Instrumentation 3 credits *
MEEG 683 Orthopaedic Biomechanics 3 √
BMSC 868 Research 3

BMSC 865

BIOMS Seminar

0 #

HESC 690 Biomechanics Methods 3

PSYC 809

Research Design

3 **

BMSC 868

Research

3

BMSC 865

BIOMS Seminar

0 #

Year 2 Coursework

BMSC 866

Special Problem (Action & Perception)

3

BMSC 866

Special Problem (Dev. of Action & Perception)

3

BMSC 868

Research

3

BMSC 866

Special Problem (Research Design & Methods in Movement Science)

3

BMSC 868

Research

6

Year 3 Coursework

BMSC 667

Mathematics for Biomechanics

3 √

PSYC 667 Developmental Psychobiology 3

BMSC 865

BIOMS Seminar

0 #

BMSC 868

Research

3

BMSC 964

Pre-Candidacy Study

9

PHYT 630

Human Movement Control

3

     

BMSC 969

Doctoral Dissertation

9


33 credits of coursework with 9 credits of Dissertation
* One course Instrumentation
** One course Statistics
√ Two courses outside concentration in Biomechanics program
# Three semesters of BIOMS Seminar



Student 5:    MS in Biomechanics and Movement Science. Primary focus on Applied Physiology

Year 1 Coursework

HESC 602

Elementary Computer Statistics

3 credits **

PHYT 667

Human Movement Control

3 √

CHEM 527

Introductory Biochemistry

3

BMSC 868

Research

3

HESC 651

Neurophysiology of Human Movement

3

HESC 601

Research Methods

3

BMSC 866

Special Problem (Recruitment in Electrical Stim.)

3

BMSC 865

BIOMS Seminar

0 #

Year 2 Coursework

MEEG 612

Biomechanics of Human Movement

3 √

HESC 803

Intro to Lab Instruments

3 *

BMSC 865

BIOMS Seminar

0 #

 

BMSC 869

Masters Thesis

6


24 credits of coursework with 6 credits of Thesis
* One course Instrumentation
** One course Statistics
√ Two courses outside concentration in Biomechanics program
# Two semesters of BIOMS Seminar


Student 6:    MS in Biomechanics and Movement Science. Primary focus on Applied Anatomy& Biomechanics

Year 1 Coursework

BMSC 868

Research

3 credits

HESC 687

Seminal in Biomechanics

3

HESC 803

Laboratory Instrumentation

3 *

BMSC 667

Math for Biomechanics

3

BMSC 865

BIOMS Seminar

0 #

PHYT 855

Advanced Regional Anatomy

3 √

HESC 690

Biomechanical Methods

3

PHYT 630 Movement Control 3 √
HESC 602 Computer Statistics 3 **

BMSC 865

BIOMS Seminar

0 #

     

BMSC 869

Masters Thesis

6


24 credits of coursework with 6 credits of Thesis
* One course Instrumentation
** One course Statistics
√ Two courses outside concentration in Biomechanics program
# Two semesters of BIOMS Seminar