# The Responsible Conduct in Research and Rigor and Reproducibility Courses All incoming students in the following programs: * PhD in Biomedical Sciences or Neuroscience * MD/PhD * MS in Biomedical Data Science * MS in Biomedical Science * MS in Biostatistics must compete the Graduate School’s ½-credit Responsible Conduct of Research course in the fall semester of their first year and the ½-credit Rigor and Responsibility course in the spring of their first year. In addition, students in the above programs at Icahn for four years or more must take the Responsible Conduct in Research Refresher course in their fourth year. Students in the Clinical Research Programs, MS in Genetic Counseling, MS in Health Care Delivery Leadership, Master of Health Administration, Master of Public Health and Master of Science in Epidemiology participate in specific research and/or professional ethics courses or other required integrated curricular components, in order to meet the requirement for Responsible Conduct of Research. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://ismms-gs.gitbook.io/graduate-student-handbook/chapter-1/academic-policies/the-responsible-conduct-in-research-and-rigor-and-reproducibility-courses.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.