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Degree Programme Table: Animal Breeding and Genetics (MSc) (Part-time) (PTMSCANBGE1P)

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Year 1 Academic year: 2024/25, Starting in: September

Notes:
In Year 1 of this part-time Programme, Students will attend in Semester 1 only.

In Year 1, Students will only take compulsory Semester 1 courses (Total 60 Credits).

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Statistics and Data Analysis

Must be taken during Semester 1

PGBI11003 20 credits
Population Genetics

Must be taken during Block 1 (Sem 1)

PGBI11124 20 credits
Quantitative Genetics

Must be taken during Block 2 (Sem 1)

PGBI11125 20 credits

Year 2 Academic year: 2024/25, Starting in: September

Notes:
In Year 2 of this part-time Programme, Students will attend in Semester 2 and Summer only.

In Year 2, Students will take 60 credits of Semester 2 courses and a Research Project (Total 120 Credits).

PGBI11084 (Animal Genetic Improvement) must be passed at MSc level (at or over 50%) .

Please note that some courses may not run - this is dependent on student numbers.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Quantitative Genetic Models

Must be taken during Block 3 (Sem 2)

PGBI11085 10 credits
Linkage and Association in Genome Analysis

Must be taken during Semester 2

PGBI11086 20 credits
Animal Genetic Improvement

Must be passed at 50% and taken during Semester 2

PGBI11084 10 credits
Research Project Proposal (Quantitative Genetics)

Must be taken during Semester 2

PGBI11136 10 credits
Dissertation (Quantitative Genetics)

Must be passed at 50% and taken during Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond

PGBI11135 60 credits

Course options

Animal Breeding and Genetics optional courses (sem 2)

Select exactly 10 credits of the following courses
Selected courses must be taken during Semester 2
Functional Genomic Technologies
PGBI11040 10 credits
Genetics of Human Complex Traits
PGBI11083 10 credits
Evolutionary Quantitative Genetics
PGBI11087 10 credits
Population Genomic Analysis
PGBI11126 10 credits
Introduction to Bioinformatics
PGBI11137 10 credits
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