| PENN STATE UNIVERSITY | |
| Intercollege Graduate Degree Program in Genetics | |
| Degree granted: | M.S. in Genetics, Ph.D. in Genetics |
| Training available: | Masters, Doctoral |
| Current enrollment: | 11 Masters, 41 Doctoral |
| Number of graduates in last 2 years: | 6 Masters, 7 Doctoral |
| Faculty status: | 34 M.S., 34 Ph.D. |
| Areas of concentration: | anthropological genetics, behavioral genetics, biochemical genetics, clinical genetics, developmental genetics, gene mapping, immunogenetics, molecular genetics, pharmacogenetics, population genetics, quantitative genetics, evolutionary & population genetics, genomics & bioinformatics |
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| Financial support: | All PhD students who are admitted to our program receive full tuition remission and a generous stipend. This funding covers all semesters and is renewed based upon satisfactory progress toward the degree. Funding is supplied by: Teaching and Research Assistantships |
| Application deadline: | February 15 |
| Contact: |
Richard Ordway, Chair, Penn State University, Genetics IGDP, 208 Mueller Lab, University Park, PA, 16802, Tel: 814-865-6903, Fax: 814-865-6913, E-mail: genetica@email.bio.psu.edu Mrs. Shauna Brace, Genetics Program Administrator, Penn State University, Genetics IGDP, 208 Mueller Lab, University Park, PA, 16802, Tel: 814-865-6903, Fax: 814-865-6193, E-mail: genetics@email.bio.psu.edu |
| Web homepage: | http://www.genetics.psu.edu |
| The Intercollege Graduate Program in Genetics is designed to prepare graduates for rapidly expanding opportunities in genetics in academic institutions, biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies, private research institutes, governmental research laboratories, etc. Training in genetics at Penn State encompasses the full spectrum of genetics from the molecular to the population level, using systems ranging from genetic model organisms to agricultural and biomedical model systems (see the list of faculty at www.genetics.psu.edu for the full range of areas represented). Beginning and advanced graduate-level courses are taught by active research faculty members in their own areas of specialization. Research is conducted in a wide range of sub-disciplines in genetics, as well as in numerous related areas of the biological and biomedical sciences. Rotation Program: We offer a rotation program that allows students to do laboratory rotations with different faculty during their first year. At the end of the rotation period, students choose their doctoral advisor in consultation with the faculty advisor and chair of the Genetics Program. Although most students accepted into the Genetics Graduate program are admitted to the rotation program, some students may be admitted to receive training by a specific faculty member. All admissions must be approved by the Genetics Program Admissions Committee. | |