Genetics (PhD)

Degree Requirements

Course List
Code	Title	Hours
Core Courses		18
GN 701	Molecular Genetics
GN 702	Cellular and Developmental Genetics
GN 703	Population and Quantitative Genetics
GN 810	Special Topics in Genetics (Journal Club) ¹
GN 820	Special Problems
GN 850	Professionalism and Ethics
ST 511	Statistical Methods For Researchers I
Teaching Course		6
GN 885	Doctoral Supervised Teaching
Elective Courses ^{2, 3}		9
See "Elective Courses" listed below
Other Elective		3
"Other Elective" is determined in conjunction with the academic committee
Research Course		36
GN 895	Doctoral Dissertation Research
Total Hours		72

¹: GN 810 Special Topics in Genetics is to be repeated twice to meet the 2 credit hour requirement.
²: Only three hours of these courses may be counted toward the primary elective requirement.
³: Other courses that do not appear on this list may be counted if they have substantial genetics content. Please consult with the Director of Graduate Programs if you would like to count a course as an elective that is not on this list.

Course List
Code	Title	Hours
Select at least three courses below:
GN 713	Quantitative Genetics and Breeding	3
GN 721	Genetic Data Analysis	3
GN 725	Forest Genetics	3
GN 735	Functional Genomics	3
GN 740		3
GN 745	Quantitative Genetics In Plant Breeding	1
GN 750		3
GN 755		3
GN 756	Computational Molecular Evolution	3
GN 757	Quantitative Genetics Theory and Methods	3
GN 758	Microbial Genetics & Genomics	3
GN 761	Advanced Molecular Biology Of the Cell	3
GN 768	Nucleic Acids: Structure and Function	3
GN 810	Special Topics in Genetics	1-6
GN 820	Special Problems (Professional Development)	1-6
ST 590	Special Topics (Bioinformatics I)	1-6
ST 590	Special Topics (Bioinformatics II)	1-6
PB 780	Plant Molecular Biology	3
PB 824	Topical Problems (Topics in Plant Molecular Genetics)	1-4
BCH 701	Macromolecular Structure	3
BIT 510	Core Technologies in Molecular and Cellular Biology	4
BIT 815	Advanced Special Topics	1-6