The Core course requirements for the Ph.D. degree in Genetics and Genomics include HUMGEN 545, HUMGEN 546, HUMGEN 803, and 4 semesters of HUMGEN 821/822 (or equivalent student seminar from another department that includes seminar presentation). Statistics is also required and this requirement may be met by any of several statistics classes in the list of electives or by demonstrating a recent equivalent undergraduate class. Students usually take 9-14 credits per semester in their first two years. Discussion with the Department of Human Genetics Associate Chair for Education will tailor each student's course of study to their individual background.
Below is a typical academic program for the first two years, with a list of possible electives further down.
Year One
Fall Term
- HUMGEN 545 - Molecular, Cellular, and Organismal Genetics
- HUMGEN 821 – Student Seminar
- PIBS 503 – Lab Survival Skills and Ethics
- PIBS 600 – Laboratory Rotation
- PIBS 800 – PIBS Seminar
Winter Term
- HUMGEN 546 – Genetics in Human Biology and Disease
- HUMGEN 803 – Research Topics
- HUMGEN 822 – Student Seminar
- PIBS 600 – Laboratory Rotation
- Major elective course(s) from other departments (3-6 credits)
Spring Term
- PIBS Laboratory Rotation
Year Two
Fall Term
- HUMGEN 821 – Student Seminar
- PHARMACOL 502 - Introduction to Scientific Communication
- HUMGEN 990 – Research (up to 8 credits)
- Major course(s) from other departments (3-6 credits)
Winter Term
- HUMGEN 822 – Student Seminar
- HUMGEN 995 – Candidacy Research (8 credits0
- Major elective course(s) from other departments (3-6 credits)
Electives
Examples of Human Genetics electives and recommended courses from other departments:
(Some of these are not offered every year.)
Fall Term
- BIOINF 527 Introduction to Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
- BIOLCHEM 550 Macromolecular Structure & Function (contact BIOLCHEM Dept)
- BIOLCHEM 591 Signal Transduction
- BIOLCHEM 650 Eukaryotic Transcription and Epigenetics
- BIOSTAT 521 Applied Biostatistics
- BIOSTAT 601 Probability & Distribution Theory
- CDB 530 Cell Biology
- MICRBIOL 640 Molecular & Cellular Immunology
- STATS 425 Introduction to Probability
- STATS 426 Introduction to Theoretical Statistics
- STATS 500 Statistical Learning I: Regression
Winter Term
- BIOLCHEM 640 Regulatory RNA
- BIOSTAT 602 Biostatistical Inference
- BIOSTAT 666 Statistical Models & Numerical Methods in Human Genetics
- CANCBIO 554 The Science of Cancer
- CDB 581 Developmental Genetics
- CDB 582 Stem Cells to Regenerative Biology (contact CDB Dept)
- EPID 516 Genetics in Epidemiology
- MICRBIOL 607 Microbial Pathogenesis
- MICRBIOL 615 Viral Pathogenesis
- MICRBIOL 619 Special Topics in Microbiology & Immunology
- PATH 581 Tissue, Cellular & Molecular Disease
- PHRMACOL 502 Introduction to Scientific Communication
- PHYSIOL 555 Method & Logic in Biomedical Science
- STATS 425 Introduction to Probability
- STATS 426 Introduction to Theoretical Statistics