Credit Requirements for PhD For all students admitted after Fall 2002

Following completion of the first year of GMB requirements (semesters 1 and 2 in table below), GMB students are admitted into Advanced Standing.

After admission into Advanced Standing GMB students must complete 48 additional hours of credit. A minimum of 16 hours of course work must be included in this 48. (IBS 606 (Values in Science) and TATT 600/605 do not count towards the 16 hours of course work). The remainder can be derived from Dissertation Research (GMB 799r) or Independent Study (GMB 797r).

To be awarded a PhD, students must submit and publicly defend a doctoral dissertation.

Course # Title Credits  
SEMESTER 1: Fall
IBS 504 Intro Prokaryotic Molecular Biology 4  
IBS 546r Presenting Genetics 1  
IBS 555 Principles of Basic Biological & Biomedical Sciences 6  
IBS 597r Laboratory Rotations VC  

SEMESTER 2: Spring
IBS 546rPresenting Genetics1  
IBS 556Principles of Basic Biological & Biomedical Sciences6  
IBS 561 Eukaryotic Chromosome Function4  
IBS 570r Intro Graduate Seminar2  
IBS 597r Laboratory RotationsVC  

SEMESTER 3: Fall
IBS 515Current Topics in Molecular Genetics4  
IBS 546rPresenting Genetics1  
IBS 606 Values in Science & Bioethics1  
TATT 600Graduate School Workshop (either semester 3 or 4)2  
TATT 605Teaching Assistantship2  
IBS799rDissertation ResearchVC  

SEMESTER 4: Spring
IBS 546rPresenting Genetics1  
IBS 570r Intro Graduate Seminar (either semester 3 or 4)2  
TATT 605Teaching Assistantship2  
IBS 799r Dissertation ResearchVC  

SEMESTERS 5 & 6
IBS 546rPresenting Genetics1  
IBS 799r Dissertation ResearchVC  

SEMESTER 7+
IBS 799r Dissertation ResearchVC  

STRONGLY RECOMMENDED
IBS 560Model Genetic Systems4 

To meet the minimum requirements of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences with regard to total credit hours in course work, an individualized program of advanced courses will be organized in consultation with the student's advisory committee and the Director of Graduate Studies. The following courses might typically form a portion of a student's advanced coursework.


Course # Title Credits  
Recommended for Program students:
IBS 524Cancer Biology4Spring
IBS 505Human & Molecular Genetics4Spring
IBS 560Model Genetic Systems4Fall
IBS 720Eukaryote Gene Organization & Regulation5Spring
IBS 725Prokaryote Gene Expression4Spring
IBS 736Genetic Epidemiology4Fall (biennial)
IBS 738Developmental Genetics4Spring

Additional Specialized Courses
IBS 521Metabolism and Regulation3Spring
IBS 705Oncogenes and Tumor Suppressor Genes2Fall
IBS 706Molecular Approaches to Questions of Structure3Fall
IBS 723Molecular Animal Virology3Fall
IBS 726rAdvanced MicrobiologyVCFall&Spring
IBS 727Genetics of Bacterial Pathogenicity4Spring
IBS 730rMolecular Genetic Techniques4Spring
IBS 734Eukaryote Organelle Genetics and Biogenetics2Spring
IBS 735Membrane Genetics2Spring
IBS 737Molecular Genetics Basis Inherited Disorders4Fall
IBS 739DNA Rearrangements and Gene Regulation4Fall

Students who receive support from GMB's National Institute of Health Training Grant
must also fulfill one of the following course requirements.
IBS 591Population Biology and Evolution of Disease4Spring
IBS 592Quant. Methods in Population Genetics and Evol.4Fall
IBS 593Molecular Evolution4Fall
IBS 594Evolution4Fall
IBS 736Genetic Epidemiology3Fall



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