During their first semester, new graduate students participate in at least three laboratory rotations, each five weeks in duration. These rotations facilitate choosing a major professor and research program. Once associated with a particular mentor, and advisory committee of at least three additional professors is assembled. The majority of coursework for the PhD is completed within approximately two years at the beginning of the program. Following the completion of this coursework, preliminary and oral examinations are taken. In addition to coursework and research, MS students are required to teach one semester of undergraduate courses.
| CORE COURSES | |
| GN 701 | Molecular Genetics |
| GN 702 | Cellular and Developmental Genetics |
| GN 703 | Population and Quantitative Genetics |
| GN 850 | Professionalism and Ethics |
| GN 810X | Special Topics in Genetics |
| ST 511 | Experimental Statistics for Biologists |
| PRIMARY ELECTIVE COURSES (an additional 6 hrs of elective courses are required, 3 hours must come from this list) |
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| GN 504 | Human Genetics |
| GN 713 | Quantitative Genetics and Breeding |
| GN 721 | Genetic Data Analysis |
| GN 735 | Functional Genomics |
| GN 740 | Evolutionary Genetics |
| GN 745 | Quantitative Genetics in Plant Breeding |
| GN 750 | Developmental Genetics |
| GN 756 | Computational Molecular Evolution |
| GN 758 | Prokaryotic Molecular Genetics |
| GN 761 | Advanced Molecular Biology of the Cell |
| GN 770 | Statistical Concepts in Genetics |
| BO 780 | Plant Molecular Biology |
| BO 824N | Topics in Plant Molecular Genetics |
| BCH 701 | Macromolecular Structure |
| BIT 510 | Core Technologies* |
| BIT 815XX | Advanced Modules (Several)* |
| * | Only three hours of these courses may be counted toward the primary elective requirement. |
