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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 Human Genetics are 62 credit hours (including graduate course work, laboratory rotations, seminars and research) as outlined below:

Courses	Credit Hours
Basic	14
Specialized	9-11
General	9
Practical	3
Elective	5-7
Seminar (Genet 299)	4
Dissertation Research (Genet 400)	15
Total	62

Course work must include twelve (12) hours in fields other than human 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.

Required Courses
Basic	Credit Hours
Basic Human Genetics (Genet 231)	3
Biometric Methods in the Health Sciences (Int 221)	3
Molecular Biology (Bioch 240)	5
Molecular Structure and Function of the Cell (Phys 251)	3

Specialized (Students must take three of the following courses)
Genetic Epidemiology and Population Genetics (Genet 236)	3
Cytogenetics (Genet 292)	3
Molecular Medicine in Disease (Genet 246)	3
Fundamental Biochemistry (Bioch 201)	5

General
Ethics in the Biomedical Sciences (Int 220)	1
Responsible Conduct in Research (Int 260)	1
Proposal Writing (Genet 247)	2

Practical
Laboratory Methods in Molecular Genetics (Genet 253) x 2	6
Medical Genetics Clinic (Genet 271)	3

Electives (Examples are:)
Genetic Link Analysis (Genet 238)	3
Special Topics in Human Genetics (Genet 291)	3
Protein Chemistry (Bioch 221)	3
Molecular Biology of Cancer (Bioch 260)	3-4
Concepts in Cell & Developmental Biology (Anat 227)	3
Auditory Physiology (Phys 219)	3
Scientific Writing for Graduate Students (Phys 250)	2
General and Molecular Virology (Micro 276)	3-5
Fundamentals of Immunology (Micro 296)	3-5
Biostatistics II (Int 222)	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 plus 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 Human Genetics eligible for publication in a major peer-reviewed journal, such as the American Journal of Human Genetics, Human MolecularGenetics, or Genetic Epidemiology. 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.)