Human Genetics Empirical Track Coursework
(Two required courses AND two core electives AND four elective courses PLUS two rotations)
Two Required Courses
- HGEN 47000 Human Genetics I (Autumn)
- HGEN 46900 Human Variation and Disease (Winter)
Three Core Electives Courses (Chose from the following)
- HGEN 47500 Genetic Mechanisms from Variation to Evolution (Autumn)
- HGEN 47600 — Genetics and Beyond: Environmental and GxE Factors in Human Phenotypes (Winter)
- MGCB 31400 Genetic Analysis of Model Organism (Autumn)
- HGEN 31100 Evolution of Biological Molecules (Winter)
- HGEN 48600 Fundamentals of Computational Biology: Models and Inference (Winter)
- HGEN 47100 Intro Statistical Genetics (Winter)
- HGEN 47300 Genomics and Systems Biology (Spring)
- HGEN 47200 Quantitative Genetics for the 21st Century (Spring)
- DVBI 36400 Developmental Mechanisms (Winter)
- HGEN 47900 Decoding and Engineering Genes and Genomes (Spring)
- MGCB 31300 Molecular Biology II (Spring)
- ECEV 35600 Population Genetics I (Spring)
Plus Three Electives:
Students must take four electives (selected by the student from a list approved by the CSAC), including one statistics course at a level appropriate to the student’s background and research interests.
ADDITIONAL ELECTIVE COURSES TO CHOOSE FROM TO FULFILL 4 COURSES:
- GENE 46100 — Deep Learning in Genomics (Spring)
-HGEN 39900 Readings in Human Genetics (Autumn, Winter, Spring, Summer)
- HGEN 47400 Introduction to Probability and Statistics for Geneticists (Autumn)
- HGEN 48800 Fundamentals of Computational Biology: Algorithms and Applications (Spring)
- HGEN 33480 Neurogenetics (Winter)
- HGEN 30400 Protein Fundamentals (Autumn)
- DVBI 35600 Vertebrate Developmental Genetics (Winter)
- MGCB 31200 Molecular Biology I (Winter)
- MGCB 32000 Quantitative Analysis of Biological Dynamics (Spring)
- MGCB 31600 Cell Biology I (Autumn)
- MGCB 31700 Cell Biology II (Winter)
- MGCB 32000 Quantitative Analysis of Biological Dynamics (Spring)
- NURB 33400 Genetic Approaches in Neurobiology (Spring)
- STAT 24300 Numerical Linear Algebra (Autumn)
- STAT 24400 Statistical Theory and Methodology I (Autumn, Winter)
- STAT 24500 Statistical Theory/Method-2 (Winter)
Plus Two Lab Rotations
- BSDG 40100 – Non-Thesis Research (Autumn, Winter, Spring, or Summer)
ADDITIONAL REQUIRED COURSES
- HGEN 31900 Introduction to Research (Autumn)
- BSDG 55100 Responsible, rigorous, and reproducible conduct of research: R3CR. (Winter)
A complete list of courses is available on the Academic Information System
There are several overlapping sets of policies governing PhD graduate students in the Biological Sciences Division, including those from university, divisional, and program-specific sources, as well as the Office of Research Safety.
- University of Chicago Policies
- Biological Sciences Division policies governing graduate students
- Office of Research Safety
- Human Genetics Student Handbook - Coming Soon
- Human Genetics Empirical Track Course Descriptions (Updated version coming soon)
- Human Genetics Computational Track Course Descriptions (Updated version coming soon)