Total Program Credits: Required and elective courses total approximately 101.5-115.5 total credit hours over 3-4 years. Credits required vary depending on the time to completion and the courses chosen.
Required Courses: Approximately 86.5-100.5 credit hours over 3-4 years.
- Required Anatomical Sciences: !7.5 credits
- Required Teaching Practicums: 11-12 credits
- Required Statistics: 6 credits
- Required Research: Approximately 43-53 credits in research over 3-4 years. Students enroll in research or dissertation research each semester.
- Required Graduate Seminar: Approximately 9-12 Credit hours. Students enroll in Graduate Seminar each semester it is offered.
Elective Courses: Minimum of 15 credit hours.
Course Details:
Required Anatomical Sciences Courses (17.5 credit hours)
- *LSCI- 616 Curriculum and Assessment – (3 credit hours)
- *ANAT-624: Human Embryology – (3 credit hours)
- *DOSYS-701: Medical Anatomy I – (4 credit hours)
- *DOSYS-702: Medical Anatomy II – (4 credit hours)
- *DOSYS-714: Medical Histology I – (2.5 credit hours)
- *DOSYS-718: Medical Histology II – (1 credit hour)
* Some course requirements may have been fulfilled by previous graduate course work or equivalent experiences.
Required Teaching Practicums (11-12 credit hours)
Teaching Practicums are required in Medical Anatomy and one other anatomical science subject (choose from Histology or Embryology).
- ANAT-807: Medical Anatomy Teaching Practicum I – (4 credit hours)
- ANAT-816: Medical Anatomy Teaching Practicum II – (4 credit hours)
AND choose one of the following subjects
- ANAT-804: Histology Teaching Practicum I – (2.5 credit hours)
- ANAT-818: Histology Teaching Practicum II – (1 credit hour)
- ANAT-806: Human Embryology Teaching Practicum (3 credits)
Required Statistics (6 credit hours)
- EDEC-751: Quantitative Research Procedures – (3 credit hours)
- EDEC-752: Qualitative Research: Theory and Design – (3 credit hours)
Sequence of Required Research & Dissertation Coursework (approximately 43-53 credit hours, dependent on the time required to complete dissertation research (3-4 years)
Year 1
- ANAT-900: Current Anatomical Literature Review – (2 credit hours)
- ANAT-901: Independent Research I – (4 credit hours)
- ANAT-902: Independent Research II – (4 credit hours)
- LSCI-606 Appl Ethics Biomed Sci (3 Credits)
Year 2
- ANAT-903: Advanced Independent Research I – (5 credit hours)
- ANAT-904: Advanced Independent Research II – (5 credit hours)
- ANAT-910: Dissertation research - (5 credit hours)
Year 3
- ANAT-910: Dissertation research - (5 credit hours)
- ANAT-910: Dissertation research - (5 credit hours)
- ANAT-910: Dissertation research - (5 credit hours)
Year 4
- ANAT-910: Dissertation research - (5 credit hours)
- ANAT-910: Dissertation research - (5 credit hours)
- Anticipate spring graduation (dependent on completion of dissertation)
Additional Course Requirement (approximately 9-12 hours)
Graduate Seminar
- ANAT-905 Graduate Seminar (1 credit hour each semester enrolled)
Elective courses
Elective courses and teaching practicums (minimum 15 credit hours)
Courses and Teaching Practicums
- ANAT-604: Introduction to Radiographic Anatomy Clinical Imaging (3 credit hours)
- ANAT-802: Neuroanatomy Teaching Practicum I – (1 credit hours)
- ANAT-817: Neuroanatomy Teaching Practicum II – (2 credit hours)
- ANAT-803: Anatomy Dissection Teaching Practicum – (4 credit hours)
- ANAT-804: Histology Teaching Practicum I – (2.5 credit hours)
- ANAT-818: Histology Teaching Practicum II – (1 credit hour)
- ANAT-805: PA Anatomy Teaching Practicum – (3 credit hours)
- ANAT-806: Human Embryology Teaching Practicum (3 credit hours)
- ANAT-812: Advanced Human Neuroanatomy Laboratory – (1 credit hour)
- ANAT-819: OTD Functional Anatomy Teaching Practicum - (3 credit hours)
- ANAT-820: DPT Clinical Functional Anatomy Teaching Practicum - (3 credit hours)
- EDLC-732: Critical Inquiry/Resrch Design - (3 Credit)
- EDEC-753: Quantitative Resrch Proced II - (3 Credits)
- EDEC-755: Dissertation Research & Design - (3 Credits)
- EDCI-862: Resrch Trends in Curric/Instruc - (3 Credits
Special Studies
May include independent study, existing courses or newly created courses. All electives must be approved by the Director of the Anatomical Education Ph.D. Program
• Courses may include topics such as: anatomical sciences, physiology, clinical medicine, education theory, education practice, research design, research methods (credits vary)
Transfer of Course Credits
Up to six graduate course credit hours, taken above and beyond requirements for a Master’s in Anatomy, may be transferred. All transfers require approval from the Director of the Anatomical Education Ph.D. Program.