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A. Courses Required as Prerequisites
Course Number | Course | Semester Hours |
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BIOC:3110 or BIOC 3120 and BIOC:3130 (or equivalent) |
Biochemistry | 3-8 s.h. |
Organic Chemistry (2 semesters) | 6-8 s.h. | |
Fundamental Genetics | 3-4 s.h. | |
Introductory Physics, one year, college level | 6-8 s.h. | |
Calculus or Statistics, one year of either | 6-8 s.h. |
B. Courses Required for all Genetics Ph.D. Students
Course Number | Semester | Course | Semester Hours |
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GENE:6150 | FA | Genetic Analysis of Biological Systems1 | 3 s.h. |
GENE:6200 | SP | Special Topics in Genetics (graded for pre-comps students; counts toward 5 required seminar hours) | 1 s.h. |
GENE:6210 | FA/SP | Seminars in Genetics2 | 1 s.h. |
GENE:6234 | SP | Basic Biostatistical Methods in Genetics Apps | 1 s.h. |
BMED:5207 | FA | Principles of Molecular and Cellular Biology | 3 s.h. |
BIOL:3172 | FA/SP | Evolution or | 4 s.h. |
BIOL:3713 | FA | Molecular Genetics | 3 s.h. |
BIOL:4333 | SP | Genes and Development or | 3 s.h. |
GENE:7191 | SP | Human Molecular Genetics | 3 s.h. |
BMED:7270 | FA | Scholarly Integrity/Respon. Conduct of Research I | 0 s.h. |
BMED:7271 | FA/SP | Scholarly Integrity/Respon. Conduct of Research II | 0 s.h. |
C. Electives (7 s.h. chosen from the following)3,4
D. Seminars (5 s.h. chosen from the following) 2, 5
Course Number | Semester | Course | Semester Hours |
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ACB:6237 | FA | Critical Thinking in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | 1 s.h. |
ACB:6238 | SP | Critical Thinking in Genetics | 1 s.h. |
ACB:6239 | FA | Critical Thinking in Cell Biology | 1 s.h. |
ACB:6248 | FA/SP | Critical Thinking in Development | 1 s.h. |
ACB:6249 | SP | Critical Thinking in Cellular Physiology | 1 s.h. |
BIOL:5117 | FA/SP | Topics in Molecular Genetics | 1 -2 s.h. |
BIOL:6188 | SP | Seminar in Writing in the Natural Sciences | 2 s.h. |
GENE:6200 | SP | Special Topics in Genetics | 1 s.h. |
RHET:7500 | SP | Science Communication in the Digital Age | 2 s.h. |
1 Must satisfy this requirement during the first year as a graduate student. In exceptional cases, credit will be allowed at the discretion of the Graduate Affairs Committee for an equivalent advanced course taken previously.
2 Must be taken each semester as a graduate student. Does not count toward requirements in part D.
3 Must be taken as a graduate student
4 The same course cannot be used to satisfy a requirement in part B and the elective requirement in part C.
5 For purposes of this requirement, the same seminar course(s) cannot be repeated if taught by the same instructor(s) without special permission from the Curriculum Committee. Seminar course offerings are quite dynamic, so additional courses may be included each year at the discretion of the Curriculum Committee. Other seminar courses may be used to satisfy the seminar requirement when approved on a year-by-year basis by the Curriculum Committee
E. Scholarly Integrity/Responsible Conduct of Research
BMED:7270 | Scholarly Integrity/Responsible Conduct of Research 1 (fall) |
BMED:7271 | Scholarly Integrity/Responsible Conduct of Research 2 (spring) |
Students will enroll in these courses in their second year in the Genetics Program. During their first year they must complete web based training modules of Collaborative Instruction Training Initiative (CITI).
F. ESL Requirement for Foreign Students
All foreign students for which an English proficiency evaluation is required must pass to the “B” level on the “University Request for Evaluation for TA Certification” form by the end of their 2nd year. If the student does not, they will be considered to be making insufficient progress and can be terminated. They will need to petition to the Executive Committee to continue, but there will be no guarantee that they will be allowed to do so.