4.3: Academic Requirements for Graduation
Students Entering Academic Year 2018-19
In addition to satisfying the requirements for the MD degree, students entering in Academic Year 2018-19 must also complete the following requirements.
Academic Units
Satisfactory completion of a minimum total of 237 required academic units as specified in the table Courses and Units for Students Matriculating Academic Year 2018-19.
Students cannot graduate with any uncorrected failing grade in a pre-clerkship course or any uncorrected failing or marginal pass grade in clinical clerkships. Students can graduate with one uncorrected marginal pass in a pre-clerkship course having fewer than eight units.
Pre-clerkship Curriculum
Students must successfully complete all required courses on the pre-clerkship grid (123 units).
Maximum number of course units per quarter are:
- Quarter 1/1A: 39 units
- Quarter 2: 26 units
- Quarter 3: 26 units
- Quarter 4: 39 units
- Quarter 5: 26 units
- Quarter 6: 26 units
Clinical Curriculum
A minimum of fifteen and one-half months (96 units) in clinical clerkships.
Additional requirements
- MED 295 Certification in Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) – 2 units
- INDE 297 Reflections, Research, and Advances in Patient Care – 4 units
- Scholarly Concentration – Completion of 12 units of coursework and other requirements of a Scholarly Concentration
- Demonstration of at least minimum competency in a comprehensive Clinical Performance Examination (CPX)
- United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) requirements
Courses and Units for Students Matriculating Year 2018-19
Autumn Year 1 (Q1) 32 units
INDE 201: Practice of Medicine I 8 units
SURG 203: Human Anatomy 11 units
BIOC 205: Molecular Foundations of Medicine 4 units
BIOC200: Applied Biochemistry 2 units
GENE 202: Human Genetics 4 units
SURG 201: Embryology 1 unit
INDE 218: Histology 1 unit
EMED 201: Basic Cardiac Life Support 1 unit
Winter Year 1 (Q2): 21 units
INDE 202: Practice of Medicine II 5 units
INDE 263: Microbiology & Infectious Diseases I 4 units
IMM 205: Immunology in Health and Disease 4 units
NBIO 206: The Nervous System 6 units
DBIO 201: Cells and Signaling in Regenerative Medicine 2 units
Spring Year 1 (Q3): 18 units
INDE 203: Practice of Medicine III 6 units
INDE 221: Science of Medicine I 12 units
Autumn Year 2 (Q4): 24 units
INDE 204: Practice of Medicine IV (A and B) 8 units
INDE 222: Science of Medicine II (A and B) 14 units
INDE 265: Microbiology & Infectious Diseases II 2 units
Winter Year 2 (Q5): 18 units
INDE 205: Practice of Medicine V (A and B) 6 units
INDE 223: Science of Medicine III (A and B) 10 units
INDE 260: Pharmacological Treatment of Disease (A and B) 2 units
Spring Year 2 (Q6): 10 units
INDE 206: Practice of Medicine VI 5 units
INDE 224: Pathophysiology and Clinical Problem Solving 5 units
Total pre-clerkship units: 123 units
Clinical Clerkships: 96 units
ANES 306A, P 6 units
FAMMED 301A 6 units
MED 300A 12 units
MED 313A 6 units
NENS 301A 6 units
OBGYN 300A 9 units
PEDS 300A 12 units
PSYC 300A 6 units
SURG 300A 12 units
Selectives 12 units
Elective 9 units
Total clerkship units: 96 units
Other Requirements: 18 units
MED 295: Advance Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) 2 units
INDE 297: (RRAP) 4 units
Scholarly Concentration Coursework 12 units
Total for graduation 2018-19: 237 units
Section 4: Curriculum Overview
4.1: Discovery Curriculum Schematic
4.2: Academic Calendar
4.3: Academic Requirements for Graduation
4.4: Scholarly Concentration Requirement
4.5: Required Pre-Clerkship Courses
4.6: Calendar of Clerkship Periods
4.8: Selective Clerkship Requirement
4.9: Absences During Clerkships
4.10: Dropping Clerkships Less than Four Weeks Before Start of Period
4.11: Clerkships at Other Institutions
4.12: INDE: 297: Reflections, Research and Advances in Patient Care
4.13: MED: 295: Advanced Cardiac Life Support
4.14: Clinical Performance Examination (CPX)