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Curriculum
University-Park-based PhD students in the Genetics program are required to take at least 15 credits of approved genetics courses. MS students are required to take at least 12 credits.
Required courses for PhD students
- Genetic Model Systems (GENET 597A)
- Participation in the Genetics Colloquium (GENET 590) for four semesters.
- Molecular Evolution (BIOL 405) or Population Genetics (BIOL 428)
- Core Concepts in Biomolecular Science (BMB 597A) or Molecular Biology of the Gene (BMB 400)
Additional courses may be recommended by the student's thesis committee.
Elective courses
Elective courses cover diverse topics in Genetics and the Life Sciences and are selected in consultation with the thesis advisor from a large number of relevant courses offered by departments and programs across the university. Students often select courses which are offered by the departments of Biology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, Anthropology, and Statistics and affiliated with research centers of excellence in Comparative Genomics and Bioinformatics, Disease Dynamics, Cell and Developmental Biology, Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, Molecular Toxicology, Plant Biology and the Institute for Molecular Evolutionary Genetics.