Integrated minors are often selected in order to allow students to develop a program that best serves their needs. We also offer a Ph.D degree through a joint program with the Fairbanks campus. The faculty's interests are diverse but they are united in the goal of educating and graduating the best biological scientists in the world. You have been chosen to be among this elite group. The progression from student to colleague of the highly recognized men and women on the department's faculty is clearly defined and support is at hand all along the way.
Students elect to participate in the affinity group of their choice.
The Division of Genetics offers an interdisciplinary and interdepartmental program for the Ph.D. degree and trains graduate students to conduct research and prepare for careers in modern molecular, developmental, and human genetics. Ph.D. program represents the merger of pharmaceutical sciences and contemporary genetics, both molecular and human. Recently, enormous changes in the pharmaceutical sciences and in genomics and genetics set the stage for the creation of a visionary new program, Pharmaceutical Sciences and Pharmacogenomics, the goals of which are to expose students to major questions in the pharmaceutical sciences, teach the basic sciences needed to address these questions, and create an environment where students can develop into independent and creative scientific problem solvers. The program in molecular, genetic, and cellular biology fosters research and training in contemporary biology at the molecular level by bringing together scientists from various disciplines. Collaboration is encouraged through the sharing of facilities and ideas and this, along with a supportive but critical environment, has led to a unique collegiality where ideas and people find maximum encouragement.