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Master of Science Degree

Doctor of Philosophy Degree - Program Requirements

Doctoral candidate Miriam Martinez presents her seminar " Tn7: Pardon the Interruption," which focused on interrupting the repeats that cause Friedreich ataxia.

Minimum requirements for the Doctor of Philosophy degree in Genetics are 60 credit hours (including graduate course work, laboratory rotations, seminars and research) as outlined below:

Courses	Credit Hours
Core	30
Elective	11
Seminar (Genet 299)	4
Dissertation Research (Genet 400)	15
Total	60

Course work must include twelve (12) hours in fields other than genetics. At least third (30) hours must be in courses with a letter grade. The core requirements include 23-25 of these hours. Electives must provide the other 5-7 hours.

Core Courses	Credit Hours
Human Molecular Genetics (Genet 231)	3
Introduction to Biostatistics (Bios 6221)	3
Biochemistry (Inter 111)	4
Cell Biology (Inter 121)	3
Molecular Genetic Mechanisms (Inter 122)	2
Control of Gene Expression (Inter 123)	2
Cell Signaling and Cell Cycle Control (Inter 124)	3
Ethics in the Biomedical Sciences (Inter 220)	1
Responsible Conduct in Research (Inter 260)	1
Proposal Writing (Genet 247)	2
Laboratory Methods in Molecular Genetics (Genet 253)	3
Medical Genetics Clinic (Genet 271)	3

Electives	Credit Hours
Epigenetics (Genet 234)	3
Genetic Epidemiology and Population Genetics (Genet 236)	3
Special Topics in Human Genetics (Genet 291)	2-3
Cytogenetics (Genet 292)	3
Molecular Medicine in Disease (Genet 246)	3
Practical Bioinformatics (Genet 256)	3

(With the advice and approval of the Graduate Coordinator, the student may select electives other than those listed.)

Seminar (Genet 299) PhD students are required to present three (3) Seminars in addition to their Dissertation Defense. Students must attend all Seminars sponsored by the Department of Genetics. In addition, students are required to attend at least one seminar per week sponsored by other departments or institutions. After three (3) absences from Seminar, the Department Head will ask the student for an explanation. Dissertation Research (Genet 400) The Dissertation research must be a contribution of new knowledge in the field of Genetics and be eligible for publication in a major peer-reviewed journal. The student is expected to have at least one first author manuscript submitted for publication before the dissertation defense. (Depending on the project, some advisors and committees may have more stringent requirements.)