DPT: Data-Driven Breeding and Genetics (PgCert) (Online Learning) (ICL)

Degree Programme Table: Data-Driven Breeding and Genetics (PgCert) (Online Learning) (ICL) - 2 Years (PTPGCDDBAG1U)

Year 1

Year 2

Year 1 Academic year: 2025/26, Starting in: September

This programme is intermittent, which means students have up to 2 years to complete the 60 Certificate credits.

Please check course availability/delivery periods via the links below.

There are no compulsory courses in this year of this programme.

Course options

Certificate students must complete the following 50 credits of courses by the end of Year 2.

It is strongly recommended that students take the compulsory courses in the following order.

1 Sustainable Breeding and Genetics
2 Population and Quantitative Genetics for Breeding
3 Principles of Genetic Evaluation
4 Genomics and Phenomics in Breeding
5 Breeding Programmes and their Modelling

Breeding Programmes and their Modelling

Genomics and Phenomics in Breeding

Population and Quantitative Genetics for Breeding

Principles of Genetic Evaluation

Sustainable Breeding and Genetics

AND

Certificate students must complete 10 credits from the following courses by the end of Year 2.

An introduction to transboundary diseases and their impact on trade and wildlife populations

Data analysis with R

Quality Management in Wildlife Forensic Science

Population Genetics for Conservation Breeding

Introduction to Applied Conservation Genetics Part 1

Year 2 Academic year: 2025/26, Starting in: September

This programme is intermittent, which means students have up to 2 years to complete the 60 Certificate credits.

Please check course availability/delivery periods via the links below.

There are no compulsory courses in this year of this programme.