Genomics Concentration
AREA ADVISORS
Dr. Huntington Willard, Director, Institute for Genome Sciences & Policy, and Professor of Biology and Nanaline H. Duke Professor of Genome Sciences, phone: 668-4477, e-mail: hunt.willard@duke.edu
Dr. Greg Wray, Department of Biology, phone: 684-6696, e-mail : gwray@duke.edu
AREA FACULTY
Baugh, Benfey, Buchler, Goldstein, Magwene, McClay, Mitchell-Olds, Noor, Schmid, Willard, Willis, Wray, Crawford, Dietrich, Ohler
Students matriculating before Fall 2010 may choose the old requirements.
Requirements for Students Matriculating Fall 2010 or after and available to all students:
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For the B.S. Degree PRE- & CO-REQUISITES ______MTH 111L (31L) [or 105L&106L (25&26) or 21/121 (31)] ______MTH 112L (32L) [or 122L (41L) or 22/122 (32) or STA 102 or above or BIO 204 (189)*] *cannot double count BIO 204 (189) as an elective _______CHM 201DL (151L) _______PHY 141L (53L) [or 161L (41L) or 151L (61) or 25] Note: CHM 210DL (32L), CHM 202L (152L) & PHY 142L (54L) recommended for pre-med, pre-vet, biochem, pharm, others
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For the A.B, Degree PRE- & CO-REQUISITES (or demonstrated proficiency) _____ CHM 101DL (31L) [or CHM 21 (19) or 110DL (43L)] _____ MTH 105L (25) (or equiv) _____ MTH 106L (26) (or equiv)
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GATEWAY COURSES IN BIOLOGY:
1. ___________ BIO 201L (101L), Molecular Biology (prereq: Chem 101DL (31) or equiv)
2. ___________ BIO 202L (102L), Genetics & Evolution
BIOLOGY AREA MENUS:
- 1 approved course in each area
-A course listed in two areas may only be used to meet one area requirement.
3. ___________ Organismal Diversity
4. ___________ Structure/Function: Cells and Organisms
5. ___________ Ecology
ADDITIONAL AREA REQUIREMENTS:
6) __________ One semester of independent study (BIO 293 (191) or equivalent) with an Area Faculty member or with approval of an Area Advisor.
Three courses from the following list:
7) ___________ 8) ___________ 9) _____________
BIO 210FS (194FCS) Genomes, Biology and Medicine (Focus)
BIO 251L (124L) Molecular Evolution
BIO 350 (187) Evolutionary Genetics and Genomics
BIO 410S (289S) Advanced Topics in Genome Sciences Research
BIO 413L (271L) Genomics Lab
BIO 493 (297) Research Independent Study (continuation of BIO 191 above)
BIO 554 (274) Human Evolutionary Genomics
COMPSCI 260 (160) Introduction to Computational Genomics
GENOME 256 (148) Genome Sciences and Society
BIOLOGY ELECTIVES:
10) _______ Any BIO (at the 200-level or above, formerly 100-level or above) or approved elective
Among the above courses in biological sciences, at the 100-level or above, the following requirements must be met:
1) Two lab courses, not including Bio 201L (101L) and 202L (102L):
BIO 293 (191) and __________ (only one independent study can be used)
2) At least one full 400-level or above Biology ‘Capstone’course (formerly 200 level) or alternate. Only second semester continuation of Independent Study counts towards this requirement. 'Capstone' Course __________
Area Description:
Biology in the last two decades has been transformed by the emergence of genomics and its focus on comprehensive and data-intensive approaches to the study of living organisms. Formally, genomics is the scientific study of a genome, the complete DNA sequence of an individual, a population or a species. More generally, the name is also used to refer to a series of related “-omics” that reflect the comprehensive study of the full complement of, for example, proteins (hence, proteomics), transcripts (transcriptomics) or metabolites (metabolomics). The essential feature of the “-omes” is that they concentrate on the complete collection of genes, proteins, transcripts or metabolites, not just on the study of individual entities. It is this focus on comprehensive and high-throughput approaches to questions in biology that distinguishes this area of concentration.
The Genomics Concentration involves faculty in Biology, as well as others in the Duke Institute for Genome Sciences & Policy (IGSP) who are committed to welcoming undergraduate Biology majors into their research programs. The Genomics Concentration encourages students to take basic and advanced level courses covering the experimental and computational approaches that define this field and emphasizes applying this knowledge to ongoing research projects in biology through Independent Study.
Students fulfilling the requirements of the Area of Concentration in Genomics will receive a note on their official transcript certifying successful completion of the Area of Concentration.
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