Sample Courses in the Life Science Competency Area
Courses provide graduate training in biology, anatomy, and/or physiology – chosen in consultation with mentoring committee to be most appropriate for each student’s research interests.
Purdue West Lafayette Courses
These courses CAN NOT be used on the plan of study:
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Seminar Courses
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Methodology/laboratory courses
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ENE (Engineering Education) Courses (for thesis students)
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CS 515-- Numerical Linear Algebra
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PSY 600--Statistical Inference
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PSY 601--Correlation and Experimental Data
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SLHS 502--Fundamentals of Speech Production and Perception
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SOC 573--Human Side of Medicine (for thesis students; pmp students are allowed to take it)
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STAT 503--Stat Methods Biology
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STAT 511--Stat Methods
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STAT 512--Applied Regression Analysis
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STAT 516--Basic Probability and Application (for thesis students; pmp students are allowed to take it)
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Example of Acceptable Courses |
Course Name |
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BCHM 56300 |
General Biochemistry |
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BIOL 51600 |
Molecular Biol Cancer |
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BIOL 52900 |
Bacterial Physiology |
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BIOL 53300 |
Medical Microbiology |
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BIOL 53700 |
Immunobiology |
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BIOL 53800 |
Mol Cell & Deve Neuro |
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BIOL 54100 |
Molec Genetics Of Bact |
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BIOL 56200 |
Neural Systems |
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BIOL 59200 |
Evolution Of Behavior |
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BIOL 59500 |
Methods & Measurements in Biophysical Chemistry |
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BIOL 60200 |
Cellular Neurobiology |
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BIOL 62000 |
Adv Top Euk Cell Biol |
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BME 51000 |
Neural Mech Health & Disease |
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BME 54200 |
Cell and Tissue Mechanics |
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BME 55100 |
Tissue Engineering |
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BME 55600 |
Intro to Clinical Medicine |
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BME 59500 |
Bone Biology |
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BME 59500 |
Surgery & Instrument Syst Neuro |
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BME 59500 |
Regenerative Biol/Tiss Repair |
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BME 59500 |
Stem Cell Technologies |
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BME 59500 |
VR Anatomy |
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BME 68300 |
Polymers Biomed&Pharm Systems |
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BME 69500 |
Biophysical Methods |
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BME 69500 |
Cardiovascular BME & Imaging |
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BME 69500 |
Hallmarks of Metastasis |
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BME 69500 (ABE 69100) |
Quantitative Systems Biology |
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BME 695 (PSY 692) |
Special Topics in Cognitive Neuroscience |
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BMS 53400 |
Systemic Mammalian Physiology |
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BMS 60200 |
Domestic Animal Physiology |
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CHM 57900 |
Computational Chemistry |
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CHM 63200 |
Membrane: Struct/Fntn |
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CHM 63400 |
Biochem Struct Aspects |
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CHM 64800 |
Bioinorganic Chemistry |
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CHM 65100 |
Adv Organic Chemistry |
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CHM 65200 |
Synthetic Organic Chem |
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CHM 69600 |
BioNanotechnology |
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CHM 69600 |
Chemical Biology |
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HK 59000 |
Neuroscience of Mvmt Disorders |
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HSCI 53400 |
Applied Health Physics |
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HSCI 54000 |
Radiation Biology |
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HSCI 54700 (changed to PUBH 53500 SU 2026) |
Fundamentals of Epidemiology |
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HSCI 56000 |
Toxicology |
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HSCI 57500 |
Introduction to Environmental Health |
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IPPH 58300 |
Adv Biopharmaceutics |
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MCMP 57000 |
Basic Principles of Chemical Action on Biological Systems |
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PSY 51300 |
Intro to Computational Cognitive Neuroscience |
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PSY 60300 |
Psychopharmacology |
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PSY 61710 |
Special Topics in Cognitive Neuroscience |
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PUBH 53500 |
Fundamentals of Epidemiology |
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SLHS 50100 |
Neural Bases of Speech and Hearing |
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SLHS 50401 |
The Auditory Periphery |
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SLHS 50601 |
Neural Bases of Hearing |
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SLHS 56100 |
Medical Audiology |
Purdue Indianapolis Courses
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Example of Acceptable Courses |
Course Name |
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BME 54400 |
Muskulosketetal Biology and Mechanics |
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BME 59500 |
Cancer Engineering |
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BME 59500 |
Cellular Electrophysiology |
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BME 59500 |
Cellular Mechanotransduction |
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BME 59500 |
Neural Engineering |
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BME 59500 |
Polymers for BME Application |
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BME 59500 |
Tissue Engineering |
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BME 59500 |
Vascular Biomechanics |
