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 | ||
