• Generally, students pursuing a D.O./M.S. degree will take 20 semester credit hours of course work in the first year of the program.
  • Students in good academic standing at the end of their first year will matriculate into the D.O. program as first year medical students the following year.
  • Students in the D.O./M.S. degree program may choose to do either the non-thesis or thesis option for the M.S. degree. 
  • There are some degree requirements that are unique to the D.O./M.S. degree program.