The DAE program will cover 139 credit hours. These hours include lecture and directed study courses, journal club, research, qualifying exams, teaching practicums and a thesis defense. The first two years consist mainly of course work but culminates with the candidate making a research proposal which will form the foundation of their research project. The third year culminates in a qualifying examination and the fourth year culminates in a public oral defense of the student’s thesis project. A year-by-year breakdown of coursework is provided below.
| Year One | |
| Fall | Credits |
| Medical Gross Anatomy + Lab | 10 |
| Human Embryology | 1 |
| Journal Club | 1 |
| MAS 1531 Biostatistics | 2.5 |
| Spring | |
| Neuroanatomy | 5 |
| Histology + Lab | 4 |
| Journal Club | 1 |
| Pathology [Pbacc] | 3 |
| MAS 1535 Ed Psych for Med Ed | 3.5 |
| MAS 1530 Ed Res Methods | 2.5 |
| Summer | |
| MAS 1519 Curriculum I | 2 |
| MAS 1502 Clin Teaching Skills | 3.5 |
| Year Two | |
| Fall | Credits |
| Special Dissect/Adv Anatomy | 2 |
| Anatomy Teaching (TA) | 7 |
| Research | 3 |
| Journal Club | 1 |
| MAS 1520 Curriculum II | 2 |
| Spring | |
| Special Dissect/Adv Anatomy | 2 |
| Neuroanatomy Teaching (TA) | 2.5 |
| Research | 3 |
| Journal Club | 1 |
| MAS 1516 Effect Lec. Skills | 2.5 |
| MAS 1504 Ed. Leadership | 3.5 |
| Summer | |
| MAS 1521 Curriculum III | 2 |
| MAS 1515 Ed. Assesement | 2.5 |
| Research: Proposal | 3 |
| Year Three | |
| Fall | Credits |
| Special Dissect/Adv Anatomy | 2 |
| Anatomy Teaching (TA) | 7 |
| Thesis | 4 |
| Journal Club | 1 |
| MAS 1522 Curriculum IV | 2 |
| MAS 1503 Administrative Skills | 3.5 |
| Spring | |
| Special Dissect/Adv Anatomy | 2 |
| Neuroanatomy Teaching (TA) | 2.5 |
| Thesis | 4 |
| Journal Club | 1 |
| Summer | |
| Thesis | 4 |
| Qualifying Exam [Anat & Med Ed] | 3 |
| Year Four | |
| Fall | Credits |
| Special Dissect/Adv Anatomy | 2 |
| MAS Teaching Practicum [Histo] | 1 |
| Thesis | 9 |
| Journal Club | 1 |
| Spring | |
| Special Dissect/Adv Anatomy | 2 |
| MAS Teaching Practicum [Anat] | 2 |
| Thesis: Dissertation | 9 |
| Journal Club | 1 |
| Total Credit Hours | 139 |
