Courses and Medical Education
MS (thesis) students will be expected to attend and participate in all Anatomy Seminar and Journal Club presentations and attend all M.S. non thesis, M.S. thesis and Ph.D. dissertation defenses.
ANAT 5000: Human Gross Anatomy (8 credit hours)
Spring Semester
Structure and function of human body; emphasis on anatomical relationships and concepts
and their functional significance; dissection required.
ANAT 5100: Human Histology and Ultrastructure (5 credit hours)
Fall Semester
Microscopic anatomy of human body; emphasis on relationships between structure and
function of tissues and organs.
ANAT 5200: Human Embryology (2 credit hours)
Fall Semester
Prenatal human development; emphasis on correlation of normal development with development
of common congenital malformations.
ANAT 5300: Human Systems Neurobiology (5 credit hours)
Spring Semester
Structure and function of the human nervous system; emphasis on neuroanatomical relationships
of functional systems and neurobiological concepts of brain mechanisms.
ANAT 5400: Human Systems Physiology (4 credit hours)
Fall Semester
Physiology principles and mechanisms lectures will emphasize and correlate function with structure of cells, tissues and organ systems.
ANAT 5440: Basic Research Techniques (2 credit hours)
Fall Semester
Fundamental techniques and instrumentation; emphasis on principles underlying preparation
of material for histological, histochemical and ultrastructural examination and interpretation
of results.
ANAT 5500: Advanced Dissections in Human Anatomy (2-4 Credit hours)
Fall, Spring or Summer Semesters
This course will serve as an opportunity for students to develop advanced dissection
and presentation skills as they perform prosections of human cadavers to ongoing medical,
graduate and/or allied health human anatomy courses. Students will perform regional
dissections and presentations under the guidance of anatomy faculty, with an emphasis
on clinical applications of gross anatomical structure and function. This course provides
students with instruction and experience in teaching techniques in anatomy.
Master's Project ANAT-5960 (2-4 Credit hours)
Fall, Spring or Summer Semesters
This course is designed to develop advanced skills necessary for teaching human anatomy
and includes an optional participation in the Reinert Center for Teaching Excellence
Certificate in the University Teaching Skills program. Students will work independently
on a scholarly project in one of the anatomical disciplines under the guidance of
an anatomy faculty member. Projects will include but are not limited to anatomical
dissection utilizing cadaver material and/or computer programs to be used as future
teaching tools. Students enrolled in this course may also participate and complete
the Reinert Center for Transformative Teaching and Learning Certificate in University
Teaching Skills (CUTS) program (https://www.slu.edu/centers/cte/certificates.html).
This certificate will prepare students to be effective educators.
ANAT 5990: Thesis Research (0-6 credit hours)
Fall, Spring, or Summer Semesters
Student will propose and complete a research project under the guidance of a faculty
member.
ANAT 6900: Journal Club (0 Credit Hours)
Fall and Spring Semesters
Ph.D. students attend and participate in all Anatomy Seminar and Journal Club presentations and attend all M.S. non thesis, M.S. thesis and Ph.D. dissertation defenses.
ANAT 5000: Human Gross Anatomy (8 credit hours)
Spring Semester
Structure and function of human body; emphasis on anatomical relationships and concepts
and their functional significance; dissection required.
ANAT 5100: Human Histology and Ultrastructure (5 credit hours)
Fall Semester
Microscopic anatomy of human body; emphasis on relationships between structure and
function of tissues and organs.
ANAT-5200: Human Embryology (2 credit hours)
Fall Semester
Prenatal human development; emphasis on correlation of normal development with development
of common congenital malformations.
ANAT 5300: Human Systems Neurobiology (5 credit hours)
Spring Semester
Structure and function of the human nervous system; emphasis on neuroanatomical relationships
offunctional systems and neurobiological concepts of brain mechanisms.
ANAT-5400: Human Systems Physiology (4 credit hours)
Fall Semester
Physiology principles and mechanisms lectures will emphasize and correlate function
with structure of cells, tissues and organ systems.
ANAT 5440: Basis Research Techniques (2 credit hours)
Fall Semester
Fundamental techniques and instrumentation; emphasis on principles underlying preparation
of material for histological, histochemical and ultrastructural examination and interpretation
of results.
BST-5000: Principles of Biostatistics (3 credit hours)
Spring or Summer Semesters
BBSG 5100: Ethics for Research Scientists (0 credit hours)
Fall Semester
The course is a requirement for all pre- and postdoctoral fellows. It consists of eight 2 hour sessions given in the first half of the spring semester. For all but the first sessions, a lecture to the whole class lasting 30 to 50 minutes will be followed by small group discussions which will involve case presentations.
ANAT-6990: Dissertation Research (0-12 credit hours)
Fall, Spring or Summer Semesters
Student will propose and complete a research project under the guidance of a faculty
member.
ANAT 6890: Anatomy Seminar (0 Credit Hours)
Fall, Spring or Summer Semesters
ANAT 6910: Journal Club (0 Credit Hours)
Fall, Spring or Summer Semester
ANAT 6950: Special Studies for Exams (Credit hours 0)
To be taken the semester of anticipated graduation.
ANAT-6300: Advanced Systems Neurobiology (1 credit hour)
Spring Semester
This course may be taken concurrently with the Human Systems Neurobiology course.
Lectures and moderated discussions of assigned journal articles will consider in greater
detail the topics presented in the Human Systems Neurobiology course.
ANAT 6320: Developmental Neurobiology (2 credit hours)
Offered occasionally
Prerequisites: ANAT-530 and ANAT-630. A presentation of the principles and concepts
that underlie the development of the nervous system. Lectures and discussions of assigned
journal articles will cover neurogenesis, neuronal differentiation, the formation
of functional neural circuit and regressive phenomena during brain development.
ANAT 6670: Visual Neuroscience (2 credit hours)
Spring Semester
Prerequisites: ANAT-530. Overview of visual processing, from chemical mechanism of
transduction by retinal photoreceptors to anatomical and physiological correlates
of visual perception in cerebral cortex. Assigned readings on analysis of receptive
field properties, mechanisms of dark and light adaptation, sensation of color and
control of ocular reflexes. Human visual dysfunctions included.