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iBio course requirements
During their graduate studies, students must take at least 6 semester hours of advanced lecture-based courses, see advanced lecture courses in the following section for examples, plus a data informatics requirement and a free elective. If a student is required to take any lecture courses to make up for undergraduate deficiencies (e.g., physics, biochemistry, or fundamental genetics lecture), these do not count towards the 6 semester hour minimum. Specialized introductory courses (e.g. Cell Biology BIOL:2723, Ecology BIOL:2673) also do not count towards the 6 semester hour minimum. An additional free elective is also required and can be fulfilled with either a third advanced lecture course or a second data analysis course. Most students will take more than the minimum during their graduate career.
All continuing iBio students (PhD and MS) must enroll in the COSMOS Fall Graduate Seminar Series (1 semester hour) each fall semester and must participate by giving research seminars as scheduled.
Students should have up to a total of 15 semester hours of enrollment (9 semester hour minimum) for each semester. Other electives may be included as desired. Most students will also TA either BIOL:1411 or BIOL:1412 during the spring semester.
PhD students should add research hours to reach 15 semester hours total in each of their first four semesters.
Course name | Course number | Semester hours |
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COSMOS (Monday Graduate Seminar) [Schedule] | BIOL:6298 | 1 |
Fundamental Genetics Graduate Lecture (Required if no undergraduate Genetics credits) | BIOL:5412 | 3 |
Readings in Genetics | BIOL:5512 | 2 |
Principles of Scholarly Integrity | BIOL:7270 | 1 |
Advanced Lecture Elective (req. #1) | 3+ | |
Research: Biology | BIOL:6199 | 0-9 |
Course name | Course number | Semester hours |
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COSMOS (Graduate Seminar Discussion Course) | BIOL:6298 | 2 |
Data Informatics Requirement (req.) | 3+ | |
Advanced Lecture Elective (req. #2) | 3+ | |
Research: Biology | BIOL:6199 | 1-7 |
PhD students should add research hours to reach 15 semester hours total in each of their first four semesters.
Course name | Course number | Semester hours |
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COSMOS (Monday Graduate Seminar), if not taking 2 semester hour option | BIOL:6298 | 1 |
Topics course or 2 semester hour COSMOS option | 2 | |
Advanced Lecture or Data Informatics Elective | 3+ | |
Research: Biology | BIOL:6199 | 3-9 |
Course name | Course number | Semester hours |
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Writing in the Natural Sciences | BIOL:6188 | 2 |
Advanced Lecture or Data Informatics Elective | 3+ | |
Research: Biology | BIOL:6199 | 1-7 |
Free Elective | 3 |
The following courses are considered advanced lecture courses to satisfy the 6 semester hour course requirement for the iBio graduate program (PhD and MS). These courses must be 3000-level or higher and must be designed primarily for seniors and graduate students. Any lecture courses used to make up for undergraduate deficiencies (e.g., physics, biochemistry, or fundamental genetics) and other specialized introductory courses (e.g., Cell Biology BIOL:2723, Ecology BIOL:2673) are not counted towards the advanced lecture requirement. The list below is not exhaustive and students are encouraged to seek out other appropriate courses in consultation with their advisor and the Director of Graduate Studies.
Course name | Course number | Semester hours | Semesters offered |
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Evolution | BIOL:3172 | 4 | Fall and spring |
Introduction to Developmental Biology | BIOL:3233 | 3 | Fall |
Genomics | BIOL:3314 | 3 | Spring |
Plant Development Biology | BIOL:3363 | 3 | Spring |
Human Population Genetics and Variation | BIOL:3373 | 3 | Spring |
Plant Response to the Environment | BIOL:3663 | 3 | Fall |
Molecular Genetics | BIOL:3713 | 4 | Fall |
Genes and Development | BIOL:4333 | 3 | Spring |
Molecular Evolution: Genes, Genomes, and Organisms | BIOL:4373 | 3 | Check MyUI |
Fundamental Neurobiology I | BIOL:5653 | 3 | Fall |
Fundamental Neurobiology II | BIOL:5654 | 3 | Spring |
Course name | Course number | Semester hours | Semesters offered |
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Principles Molecular & Cellular Biology | BMED:5207 | 3 | Fall |
All continuing iBio students (PhD and MS) must enroll in the COSMOS Fall Graduate seminar series (1 semester hour) each fall semester and must participate by giving research seminars as scheduled.
In the spring semester of the second year, all iBio students (PhD and MS) must enroll in:
Course name | Course number | Semester hours |
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Seminar: Writing in Natural Sciences | BIOL:6188 | 2 |
In addition to "Seminar: Writing in Natural Sciences (BIOL: 6188)," PhD students must enroll in 3 (and MS students in 2) more seminar courses during their graduate career. This count would include "COSMOS Seminar (BIOL: 6298)" taken for 2 semester hours in the second semester/spring of the first year in residence.
Because the topics in both the fall and spring 2 semester hour offerings of "COSMOS Seminar (BIOL: 6298)" will change each time it is offered, these courses can be taken several times to meet the seminar requirement.
Course name | Course number | Semester hours | Semesters offered |
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Introduction to Systems Biology (Undergrad/Grad) | BIOL:3383 | 3 | Check MyUI |
Bioinformatics (Undergrad/Grad) | BIOL:4213 | 2, 4 | Check MyUI |
Introduction to Scientific Computing for Biologists | BIOL:4386 | 3 | Check MyUI |
Course name | Course number | Semester hours | Semesters offered |
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Computational Genomics (many prereqs., including BME:5320) | BIOL:5320 | 3 | Spring |
Introduction to Biostatistics (Undergrad/Grad) | BIOS:4120 | 3 | Fall and spring |
Biostats for Biomedical Research (Subsession: Off-cycle) | BIOS:5050 | 1 | Check MyUI |
Biostatistical Methods I/II (includes some programming in R) | BIOS:5710/5720 | 4 | Fall and spring |
Biostat. Methods Categorical Data (some prereqs) | BIOS:5730 | 3 | Spring |
Bayesian Methods and Design (many prereqs) | BIOS:6810 | 3 | Check MyUI |
Practical Bioinformatics | BISC:5205 | 1 | Subsession (off-cycle, January); check MyUI |
Bioinformatic Techniques | BME:5320 | 3 | Fall |
Knowledge Discovery | CS:6421 | 3 | Check MyUI |
Big Data Analytics (some math/stat prereqs) | IE:4172 | 3 | Fall |
Introduction to Informatics (Grad) | IGPI:3110 | 3 | Check MyUI |
Probability and Statistics | STAT:3120 | 4 | Fall and spring |