GGSB EMPIRICAL TRACK: FOUR [4] REQUIRED COURSES AND FOUR [4] ELECTIVE COURSES PLUS TWO [2] ROTATIONS
FOUR [4] REQUIRED COURSES IN GENETICS: MGCB 31400 Genetics Analysis of Model Organisms (Autumn) AND HGEN 47300 Genomics and Systems Biology (Spring)
PLUS ONE [1] OF THE FOLLOWING TWO COURSES: MGCB 31200 Molecular Biology I (Winter) OR MGCB 31300 Molecular Biology II (Spring)
PLUS ONE [1] OF THE FOLLOWING FOUR COURSES: ECEV 44000 Molecular Evolution 1: Fundamentals and Principles (Winter) OR ECEV 35600 Principles of Population Genetics I (Winter) OR ECEV 35901 Genomic Evolution (Autumn) OR HGEN 46900 Human Variation and Disease (Spring)
PLUS FOUR [4] ELECTIVE COURSES CHOSEN FROM THE FOLLOWING LIST
GENETICS: GENE 39900 Readings in Genetics (Autumn, Winter, Spring, Summer)
BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY: BCMB 30400 Protein Fundamentals (Autumn); BCMB 30600 Nucleic Acid Structure and Function (Autumn)
DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY: DVBI 33850 Evolution and Development (Winter); DVBI 35600 Vertebrate Development (Winter); DVBI 36400 Developmental Mechanisms (Spring); DVBI 36100 Plant Development/Molecular Genetics (Spring); DVBI 36200 Stem Cells and Regeneration
ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION: ECEV 35800 Classics of Evolutionary Genetics (Spring)
HUMAN GENETICS: HGEN 47000 Human Genetics I (Autumn); HGEN 47500 Genetic Mechanisms from Variation to Evolution (Autumn); HGEN 47400 Introduction to Probability and Statistics for Geneticists (Autumn): HGEN 47100 Introductory Statistical Genetics (Winter); HGEN 33480 Neurogenetics (Winter) HGEN 47200 Quantitative Genetics for the 21st Century (Spring) HGEN 47500 Genetic Mechanisms from Variation to Evolution (Autumn)
MOLECULAR GENETICS AND CELL BIOLOGY: MGCB 31600 Cell Biology I (Autumn); MGCB 317000 Cell Biology II (Winter); MGCB 31300 Molecular Biology II (Spring); MGCB 32900 Plant Development and Molecular Genetics (Spring)
NEUROBIOLOGY: NURB 33400 Genetic Approaches in Neurobiology (Spring)
STATISTICS: STAT 22000 Statistic Methods and Applications (Autumn, Winter, Spring); STAT 23400 Statistical Models/Method (Autumn, Winter); STAT 24400Statistical Theory and Methods I (Autumn, Winter); STAT 24500 tatistical Theory and Methods II (Autumn, Winter); STAT 22600 Analysis of Qualitative Data (Winter); STAT 35500 Statistical Genetics (Spring)
Note: Students may petition the GGSB Student Affairs/Curriculum Committee for approval of an elective course not listed above.
PLUS TWO LAB ROTATIONS: BSDG 40100 Section 10 Non-Thesis Research (Autumn, Winter, Spring, Summer)
ADDITIONAL REQUIRED COURSES: GENE 31900 Introduction to Research. “Allstars” (Autumn) AND BSDG 55100 Responsible, rigorous, and reproducible conduct of research: R3CR (Winter)
HOW TO APPLY TO THE UCHICAGO BIOSCIENCES PROGRAM
Click here for Specific Questions About Our Program