Course Requirements
At least 17 credits in 800 and 900 level courses and a minimum of 24 credits of doctoral dissertation research (GEN 999) are required.The following categories (I, II, III, IV) of requirements must be completed. Additional course work may be specified by the Guidance Committee members or may be elected by the Genetics Program graduate student.
I. Complete
each of the following:
BCH
801 - Molecular Biology (3 credits)
NSC 830
- Nature and Practice of Science (1 credit)
*NOTE: Completion of the Responsible Conduct of Research Series sponsored
by the Graduate School may be substituted for this course requirement. See
the Graduate School web site for schdule:
http://www.msu.edu/user/gradschl/all/respconduct.htm
MMG 833
- Microbial Genetics (3 credits)
MMG/GEN
835 - Eukaryotic Molecular Genetics (3 credits)
GEN 810 - Theory and Practice of Teaching Genetics (1 credit/semester) 2 credits
are required (1 credit required if granted a waiver, see section IIC, Teaching
Requirements), students may accumulate a maximum of 3 credits.
II. Student willbe required to select one computational biology course from the following list:
BMB 960 Genomics and Proteomics of Complex Genetics Systems (2 credits, Fall)
BMB 961 Computational Genomics Laboratory (2 credits, Spring)
BMB 961 Concepts in Protein Structure Analysis and Modeling (2 credits, Fall)
Other course offerings may fulfill this requirement, at the discretion of the Program Director
III. Complete
one course from the following list:
PLP/BMB 856 - Plant Molecular Biology (3 credits)
BOT/ZOL
849 - Evolutionary Biology (3 credits)
PLP 881 - Molecular Plant Pathology (3 credits)
ENT 851
- Molecular Entomology (3 credits)
FOR/FW
842 - Population Genetics, Genealogy, and Genomics
FOR 828
- Conservation and Genetics (3 credits)
HRT/PLB 811 - Plant Developmental Genetics (3 credits)
MMG 813 - Molecular Virology (3 credits)
ZOL 855 - Molecular Evolution: Principles and Techniques (3 credits)
ZOL/GEN 825 - Human Genetics (3 credits)
ANS 824 - Methods of Quantitative and Molecular Genetics for Livestock
(Note: this list is periodically revised upon recommendation from the faculty
of the Genetics faculty)
IV. Complete four semesters of GEN 800 (1 credit each) during the four to five years of graduate study in the Genetics Program.
V. The
student’s Guidance Committee may require additional course work and/or students
may elect to take other optional courses.
