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Sample Curricula

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Sample Curriculum, Ecology, Evolution and Behavior

Year 1

Fall Spring Summer
BIOL 7923 (2) BIOL 6417 (3) BIOL 9000, Thesis Research
BIOL 6611 (3) BIOL 7111 (3) BIOL 8997, GTA Audit
BIOL 8901, Lab Rotation (6) BIOL 8902, Lab Rotation (3) Teach
BIOL 8002, Seminar (1) BIOL 8106, Tools of Science (2)
BIOL 8997, GTA Audit BIOL 8003, Seminar (1)
Teach BIOL 8997, GTA Audit
Teach

Year 2

Fall Spring Summer
BIOL 8803 (3) Found'n BIOL 6620/8801 (4) BIOL 9000, Thesis Research
BIOL 9000, Thesis Research BIOL 9000, Thesis Research BIOL 8998, GRA Audit
BIOL 8998, GRA Audit BIOL 8998, GRA Audit
Qualifying Exams

BIOL 9000, Thesis Research: Register for enough to total 21 hours fall/spring and 16 hours summer.

Years 3 and 4
Fall Spring Summer
BIOL 9000, Thesis Research BIOL 9000, Thesis Research BIOL 9000, Thesis Research
BIOL 8998, GRA Audit BIOL 8998, GRA Audit BIOL 8998, GRA Audit

BIOL 9000, Thesis Research: Register for enough to total 21 hours fall/spring and 16 hours summer.

Year 5
Fall Spring Summer
BIOL 9000, Thesis Research BIOL 9000, Thesis Resarch
BIOL 8998, GRA Audit BIOL 8998, GRA Audit
Thesis Writing Thesis Writing
Thesis Defense

BIOL 9000, Thesis Research: Register for enough to total 21 hours fall/spring and 16 hours summer. Exceptions are possible during final semester of study.

Common Course Options
Spring Fall
BIOL 6410 Microbial Ecol (3) BIOL 8803 Foundn Evolution (3) odd years only
BIOL 6221 Biol Oceanog (3) BIOL 6765 Geomicrobiology (3) odd years only
BIOL 6418 Microb Physiol (3) BIOL 8802 Community Ecol (2) odd years only
BIOL 7111 Molec Evolution (3) BIOL 6611 Adv Microb Physiol (3) even years only
VIOL 8801 Viral Ecology (1) odd years only BIOL 7923 Adv in Ecology (2) even years only
BIOL 6417 Marine Ecol (3) odd years only BIOL 6480 Evol Dev Biol (2) even years only
BIOL 6720 Env Micr Genom (3) odd years only
BIOL 6756 Signaling Molec even years only
BIOL 8803 Microb Symbiosis (3) even years only
BIOL 6620 Aquat Chem Ecol (4) even years only

Sample Curriculum, Molecular and Cell Biology

Year 1
Fall Spring Summer
BIOL 7015 (3) BIOL 7668 (3) BIOL 9000, Thesis Research
BIOL 6608 (3) BIOL 7964 (2) BIOL 8997, GTA Audit
BIOL 8003 (3) Frontiers MCB BIOL 8902, Lab Rotation Teach
BIOL 8901, Lab Rotation BIOL 8106, Tools of Science (2)
BIOL 8002, Seminar (1) BIOL 8003, Seminar (1)
BIOL 8997, GTA Audit BIOL 8997, GTA Audit
Teach Teach

Year 2
Fall Spring Summer
BIOL 7963 (2) BIOL 8803 (3) BIOL 9000, Thesis Research
BIOL 8803 (3) BIOL 9000, Thesis Research BIOL 8998, GRA Audit
BIOL 9000, Thesis Research BIOL 8998, GRA Audit
BIOL 8998, GRA Audit Qualifying Exams

BIOL 9000, Thesis Research:  Register for enough to total 21 hours fall/spring and 16 hours summer.

Years 3 and 4
Fall Spring Summer
BIOL 9000, Thesis Research BIOL 9000, Thesis Research BIOL 9000, Thesis Research
BIOL 8998, GRA Audit BIOL 8998, GRA Audit BIOL 8998, GRA Audit

BIOL 9000, Thesis Research:  Register for enough to total 21 hours fall/spring and 16 hours summer.

Year 5
Fall Spring Summer
BIOL 9000, Thesis Research BIOL 9000, Thesis Research
BIOL 8998, GRA Audit BIOL 8998, GRA Audit
Thesis Writing Thesis Writing
Thesis Defense

BIOL 9000, Thesis Research:  Register for enough to total 21 hours fall/spring and 16 hours summer.  Exceptions are possible during final semester of study.

Common Course Options
Fall Spring
BIOL 6608 Prok Mol Genet (3) BIOL 8803 Protein Biology (4)
BIOL 7015 Cancer (3) BIOL 7668 Euk Mol Genet (3)
BIOL 4803 Human Genetics (3) BIOL 7964 Adv Genetics (2)
BIOL 7963 Adv Mol Biol (2) BIOL 8803 Epigenetics (3)
BIOL 8803 Astrobiology (3) even years only
BIOL 8801 Quorum Sensing even years only

Sample Curriculum, Computational Biology and Bioinformatics

Year 1
Fall Spring Summer
BIOL 6105 (3) BIOL 7210 (3) BIOL 9000, Thesis Research
BIOL 8803 (3) Prog Binf BIOL 8803 (3) Frontiers CBBI BIOL 8997, GTA Audit
BIOL 8901, Lab Rotation BIOL 8902, Lab Rotation Teach
CETL 8000, TA Prep BIOL 8106, Tools of Science
BIOL 8002, Seminar BIOL 8003, Seminar
BIOL 8997, GTA Audit BIOL 8997, GTA Audit
Teach Teach

Year 2
Fall Spring Summer
BIOL 8803 (3) Pred Hlth Gen Elective (3) BIOL 9000, Thesis Research
BIOL 9000, Thesis Research BIOL 9000, Thesis Research BIOL 8998, GRA Audit
BIOL 8998, GRA Audit BIOL 8998 GRA Audit
Qualifying Exams

BIOL 9000, Thesis Research:  Register for enough to total 21 hours fall/spring and 16 hours summer.

Years 3 and 4
Fall Spring Summer
Elective (2 or 3)
BIOL 9000, Thesis Research BIOL 9000, Thesis Research BIOL 9000, Thesis Research
BIOL 8998, GRA Audit BIOL 8998, GRA Audit BIOL 8998, GRA Audit

BIOL 9000, Thesis Research:  Register for enough to total 21 hours fall/spring and 16 hours summer.

Year 5
Fall Spring Summer
BIOL 9000, Thesis Research BIOL 9000, Thesis Research
BIOL 8998, GRA Audit BIOL 8998, GRA Audit
Thesis Writing Thesis Writing
Thesis Defense

BIOL 9000, Thesis Research:  Register for enough to total 21 hours fall/spring and 16 hours summer.  Exceptions are possible during final semester of study.

Common Course Options
Fall Spring
BIOL 6150 Genom Appl Binf (3) BIOL 7210 Comput Genom (3)
BIOL 8803 Program for Binf (3) BIOL 8803 Frontiers Comp Biol (3)
BIOL 8803 Pred Health Genom (3) BIOL 8802 Drug Discovery (2) even years only
BIOL 8802 Quant Genet (2) odd years only
BIOL 8802 Integr Cancer Biol (2) even years only