Our Graduate Program offers a Master of Science Degree to provide several career options: 1) to develop competence in directed research for advanced technical positions in industry, government, and university medical research laboratories; 2) to prepare students with a good general knowledge of human physiology to enable them to communicate physiological concepts to future students; and 3) to explore the possibility of a future career as an independent scientist in medically-related research. The typical Master of Science (M.S.) Graduate Program includes a directed research emphasis and consists of thirty (30) semester hours typically over a twelve-month (3 semesters) period to include the following: 21 credit hours of basic medical sciences and at least 9 credit hours of research.