研究药理学和毒理学的理科硕士学生在非常有限的基础上被录取到IU医学院课程。这些学位课程主要面向已开始攻读博士学位的学生，并且由于各种原因而发现他们必须在完成博士学位之前结束学业。仅希望获得硕士学位课程的学生必须在该部门找到愿意担任导师并提供财务支持的教职员工。仅在学生获得该系教职人员的同意后，该学生的申请才会得到评估，教职发起人会通知药理和毒理学系研究生顾问。
Toxicology encompasses a wide array of disciplines that include biology, chemistry, physics and pharmacology, and spans professions that evaluate the adverse effects of toxicants on the environment to how therapeutics and experimental medicines affect human physiology. Toxicologists are also significantly involved in the drug approval process and risk assessment. There is currently a need in the pharmaceutical/chemical industries as well as government and non-government organizations (NGOs) for Masters-level toxicologists. This one-year non-thesis-based graduate program includes a ten week internship in one of these industries or an academic sector, which will provide the student with first-hand experience in toxicology careers. A key feature of this program is that students have the opportunity to apply knowledge gained from their courses directly to a professional work environment. Students also gain relevant career experience and develop professional networks and connections.