MS/DO Combined Degree Completion Pathway - Master of Biomedical Sciences

The combined degree completion pathway DO/MS in Biomedical Sciences Major requires a minimum of 31.5 graduate credit hours. The pathway is only available to students recommended by the Student Progress Committee after failure to progress academically during their first semester of the OMS-1 year. Students accepted into the pathway will complete a combination of credits from the MS (a) curriculum and (b) DO curriculum. The purpose of this pathway is to allow students an opportunity to improve their knowledge of foundational basic sciences and return to the DO program if they are successful in the first semester of the MS program.  Courses within the OMS-1 year will be counted towards the MS degree once the students entered back into the DO program. Only select OMS-1 students who fail their first semester of the DO program are eligible for this program.  

After the completion of the spring semester, the student will re-appear before the Student Progress Committee.

• If the student has obtained at least a 3.6 GPA in the prescribed coursework and is in good professionalism standing, the Student Progress Committee may recommend the student be recessed in the DO program.
• If the student does not obtain a 3.6 GPA or is not in good professionalism standing, the Student Progress Committee may recommend dismissal from the medical program.