First Year Curriculum (Blocks 1, 2, and 3)

PDF Block Calendars: Year specific block scheduling can be found in VidaNova.

Testing Architecture Block 1 2024-2025

Testing Architecture Block 2 2024-2025

Testing Architecture Block 3 2023-2024

Planning Calendar

List of Course Directors

The Brody Bookstore has a list of the books/supplies that are recommended for each semester.

First Year Courses: Class of 2023 and Beyond

Block 1

  • Ethical Issues in Medicine (2 Credit Hours)
  • Gross Anatomy & Embryology (8 Credit Hours)
  • Histology & Cell Biology (4 Credit Hours)
  • Molecular Basis of Medicine (5 Credit Hours)

Block 2

  • Behavioral Science (2 Credit Hours)
  • Medical Neuroscience (6 Credit Hours)
  • Medical Physiology (5 Credit Hours)

Block 3

  • Foundations of Disease and Therapeutics (4 Credit Hours)

Longitudinal

  • Foundations of Doctoring 1 (Spans Blocks 1, 2, and 3—11 Credit Hours)
  • Medical Microbiology and Immunology (Spans Blocks 2 and 3—10 Credit Hours)
  • Society, Culture, and Health Systems (Spans Blocks 3 and 4—2 Credit Hours)

First Year Courses: Current through Class of 2022

  • Behavioral Science (Block 2)
  • Doctoring I (Blocks 1 and 2)
  • Ethical Issues in Medicine (Block 1)
  • M1 Foundations of Medicine (Blocks 1, 2, and 3)
  • Gross Anatomy and Embryology (Block 1)
  • Medical Biochemistry (Block 1)
  • Medical Genetics (Block 3)
  • Histology and Cell Biology (Block 1)
  • Medical Microbiology & Immunology (Blocks 2 and 3)
  • Medical Neuroscience (Block 2)
  • Medical Physiology (Block 2)
  • Society, Culture, and Health Systems (Blocks 3 and 4)