Sample Curricula

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