Graduate students are expected to start research in their first year and will receive individual attention and help. The objective is to produce graduates of the highest standard of quality. The curriculum is broad, including plant, animal, physiological, molecular, microbial, fungal, yeast, population, quantitative and behavioral genetics, as well as cytogenetics, genetic engineering, tissue culture, and biotechnology in general. Flexibility is maintained to build a framework of fundamental information by which new findings and concepts can be assimilated as they arise in the rapidly changing field of genetics. The genetics program is well equipped.
Original research is of basic importance for graduate study.
The small size of the research labs, averaging three to four students per lab, makes for close interaction within the group. Students are encouraged to attend and participate in seminars offered by participating departments. Applicants will be carefully considered by faculty familiar with the academic and research achievements of the candidates. There is no language requirement besides English. Students who consider pursuing graduate careers at Kansas State University are encouraged to visit the university in order to meet with members of faculty and with other students and to form their own impression of the general atmosphere and of the many research possibilities.