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Degree Programme Table: Evolutionary Genetics (MSc) (Part-time) (PTMSCEVOGE1P)

Jump to: Year 1, Year 2

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
Quantitative Genetics

Must be taken during Block 2 (Sem 1)

PGBI11125 20 credits
Population Genetics

Must be taken during Block 1 (Sem 1)

PGBI11124 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 Compulsory Semester 2 courses and a Research Project (Total 120 Credits).

PGBI11087 (Evolutionary Quantitative Genetics) or PGBI11126 (Population Genomic Analysis) 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
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

Group A

Select exactly 20 credits in this group.

Evolutionary Genetics: EQG/PGA selection

Select between 10 and 20 credits of the following courses
Selected courses must be taken during Block 4 (Sem 2)
Evolutionary Quantitative Genetics
PGBI11087 10 credits
Population Genomic Analysis
PGBI11126 10 credits
AND

Evolutionary Genetics - optional courses (Sem 2)

Select between 0 and 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
Animal Genetic Improvement
PGBI11084 10 credits
Introduction to Bioinformatics
PGBI11137 10 credits
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