Course Requirements for Graduate Genetics Degree Programs

Course Requirements

The course requirements in the Department of Genetics are designed to provide students with a strong background in this basic science. The advanced level and special-topics, elective courses challenge students and expose them to cutting-edge research.

Majors

This page provides lists of required and elective courses for graduate degrees in Genetics. Jump to:

Doctor of Philosophy

Master of Science

Master of Genetics

Minor

The minor in Genetics is available for students completing the Master of Science or Doctor of Philosophy. To obtain a minor in Genetics, the student must make a grade of B- or better in each of the required courses listed below and obtain approval from the Director of Genetics Graduate Programs.

REQUIRED CORE COURSES FOR MINOR

GN701	Molecular Genetics
GN702	Cellular and Developmental Genetics
GN703	Population and Quantitative Genetics
ST511	Experimental Statistics for Biologists

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Doctor of Philosophy

REQUIRED CORE COURSES

GN701	Molecular Genetics
GN702	Cellular and Developmental Genetics
GN703	Population and Quantitative Genetics
GN850	Professionalism and Ethics
GN810X**	Special Topics in Genetics
ST511	Experimental Statistics for Biologists

PRIMARY ELECTIVE COURSES

(an additional 12 hrs of elective courses are required, 9 hours must come from this list)

GN504	Human Genetics
GN713	Quantitative Genetics and Breeding
GN721	Genetic Data Analysis
GN735	Functional Genomics
GN740	Evolutionary Genetics
GN745	Quantitative Genetics in Plant Breeding
GN750	Developmental Genetics
GN756	Computational Molecular Evolution
GN758	Prokaryotic Molecular Genetics
GN761	Advanced Molecular Biology of the Cell
GN770	Statistical Concepts in Genetics
BO780	Plant Molecular Biology
BO824N	Topics in Plant Molecular Genetics
BCH701	Macromolecular Structure
BIT510	Core Technologies*
BIT815XX	Advanced Modules (Several)*

*Only three hours of these courses may be counted toward the primary elective requirement.
**Two Special Topics Courses (GN810X) are required for the Ph.D. degree.

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Master of Science

REQUIRED CORE COURSES

GN701	Molecular Genetics
GN702	Cellular and Developmental Genetics
GN703	Population and Quantitative Genetics
GN850	Professionalism and Ethics
GN810X	Special Topics in Genetics
ST511	Experimental Statistics for Biologists

PRIMARY ELECTIVE COURSES

(an additional 6 hrs of elective courses are required, 3 hours must come from this list)

GN504	Human Genetics
GN713	Quantitative Genetics and Breeding
GN721	Genetic Data Analysis
GN735	Functional Genomics
GN740	Evolutionary Genetics
GN745	Quantitative Genetics in Plant Breeding
GN750	Developmental Genetics
GN756	Computational Molecular Evolution
GN758	Prokaryotic Molecular Genetics
GN761	Advanced Molecular Biology of the Cell
GN770	Statistical Concepts in Genetics
BO780	Plant Molecular Biology
BO824N	Topics in Plant Molecular Genetics
BCH701	Macromolecular Structure
BIT510	Core Technologies*
BIT815XX	Advanced Modules (Several)*

*Only three hours of these courses may be counted toward the primary elective requirement.

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Master of Genetics

REQUIRED CORE COURSES

GN701	Molecular Genetics
GN702	Cellular and Developmental Genetics
GN703	Population and Quantitative Genetics
GN504	Human Genetics
GN850	Professionalism and Ethics
GN810X	Special Topics in Genetics
ST511	Experimental Statistics for Biologists
BCH451	Principles of Biochemistry

PRIMARY ELECTIVE COURSES

(an additional 14 hrs of elective courses are required, 6 hours must come from this list)

GN685	Masters Supervised Teaching
GN713	Quantitative Genetics and Breeding
GN721	Genetic Data Analysis
GN735	Functional Genomics
GN740	Evolutionary Genetics
GN745	Quantitative Genetics in Plant Breeding
GN750	Developmental Genetics
GN756	Computational Molecular Evolution
GN758	Prokaryotic Molecular Genetics
GN761	Advanced Molecular Biology of the Cell
GN770	Statistical Concepts in Genetics
BO780	Plant Molecular Biology
BO824N	Topics in Plant Molecular Genetics
BCH701	Macromolecular Structure
BIT510	Core Technologies*
BIT815XX	Advanced Modules (Several)*

*Only three hours of these courses may be counted toward the primary elective requirement.

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