Pharmacology, MS
One Year Masters Program
- A one year post-baccalaureate program leading to the MS degree in Pharmacology
- Designed for those interested in improving their credentials to gain admission to a medical or dental school
- Class size is maintained at less than 35 to create a more personal connection between students & faculty
- Students in our MS program take the School of Medicine's 2nd year Medical Pharmacology course (taught separately in a different sequence)
- All graduate courses are taught within the School of Medicine by full time Medical School faculty
- Successful performance will significantly improve ones credentials for applying to medical or dental school.
- Students who took the MCAT a second time after completing our MS program between 2009-2013 significantly increased their MCAT score by 3.5±1.8(n=47, P<0.0001) (based upon the pre-2015 MCAT scale of 3-45).
- Over the past 5 years 78.5% of pharmacology MS graduates have gained admittance into medical, dental or graduate school(113/144 students for classes graduating between 2013-2017).
Objectives
- To train students in the principles underlying the discipline of pharmacology
- To learn the approach, rationale, and methods required to design and conduct research in pharmacology
Tulane became the first national research institution to integrate public service into its core curriculum for undergraduates in 2006. Now, the entire university community, including the schools of Architecture, Business, Law, Liberal Arts, Medicine, Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Science and Engineering and Social Work – is committed to public service.
Public service is of particular importance to those entering our one year masters program, because providing a track record of significant public or community service has become a prerequisite for admission to most US medical schools. Students are expected to move beyond the scope of academics and work in a community to improve the health of a population. This is "what medicine is all about".
As a result, a core requirement of our Masters program in Pharmacology is that students provide public or community service averaging at least 1 hour per week, or 12 hours per semester. During the 2017-18 academic year, students in our pharmacology Master's program performed over 2167 hours of public service in the New Orleans area (with an average of 68 hours per student for the academic year).
Tulane has a Center for Public Service that helps connect students with numerous community partners & outreach programs that are active in the New Orleans area. As a part of the pharmacology curriculum, students are required to document their service activities in short essays, posted photos or video clips, and reflect upon the learning garnered from such activities in an online blog or wiki page. In addition, students are also expected to reflect on what they have learned from their academic and classroom activities.
Tulane is setting the standard for public service for the next generation of universities. When you receive a Tulane education, you will get a little something extra from community service activities that most other institutions don't offer. Our students get a unique educational experience that can be found Only in New Orleans. Only at Tulane.