Course Requirements

At least 17 credits in 800 and 900 level courses and a minimum of 24 credits of doctoral dissertation research (GEN 999) are required.The following categories (I, II, III, IV) of requirements must be completed. Additional course work may be specified by the Guidance Committee members or may be elected by the Genetics Program graduate student.

I. Complete each of the following:
BCH 801 - Molecular Biology (3 credits)
NSC 830 - Nature and Practice of Science (1 credit)
*NOTE: Completion of the Responsible Conduct of Research Series sponsored by the Graduate School may be substituted for this course requirement. See the Graduate School web site for schedule
MMG 833 - Microbial Genetics (3 credits)
MMG/GEN 835 - Eukaryotic Molecular Genetics (3 credits)
GEN 810 - Theory and Practice of Teaching Genetics (1 credit/semester) 2 credits are required (1 credit required if granted a waiver, see section IIC, Teaching Requirements), students may accumulate a maximum of 3 credits.

II. Student will be required to select one computational biology course from the following list:
BMB 960 Genomics and Proteomics of Complex Genetics Systems (2 credits, Fall)
BMB 961 Computational Genomics Laboratory (2 credits, Spring)
BMB 961 Concepts in Protein Structure Analysis and Modeling (2 credits, Fall)
Other course offerings may fulfill this requirement, at the discretion of the Program Director

III. Complete one course from the following list:
PLP/BMB 856 - Plant Molecular Biology (3 credits)
BOT/ZOL 849 - Evolutionary Biology (3 credits)
PLP 881 - Molecular Plant Pathology (3 credits)
ENT 851 - Molecular Entomology (3 credits)
FOR/FW 842 - Population Genetics, Genealogy, and Genomics
FOR 828 - Conservation and Genetics (3 credits)
HRT/PLB 811 - Plant Developmental Genetics (3 credits)
MMG 813 - Molecular Virology (3 credits)
ZOL 855 - Molecular Evolution: Principles and Techniques (3 credits)
ZOL/GEN 825 - Human Genetics (3 credits)
ANS 824 - Methods of Quantitative and Molecular Genetics for Livestock
(Note: this list is periodically revised upon recommendation from the faculty of the Genetics faculty)

IV. Complete four semesters of GEN 800 (1 credit each) during the four to five years of graduate study in the Genetics Program.

V. The student’s Guidance Committee may require additional course work and/or students may elect to take other optional courses.

 

 

 
 
 
 
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