Statistical Genetics at the University of Washington

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Core curriculum and background requirements

The University of Washington is dedicated to providing education in Statistical Genetics and recognition of the achievements and qualifications of students who study and undertake Ph.D. research in this fast-growing area. Formally, this education can be recognized by a Certificate in Statistical Genetics or through a Ph.D. track in Statistics or Biostatistics.

The core requirements of this curriculum consist of 5 graded 500-level courses totaling 17 credits, in Statistical Genetics, Population Genetics, and Computational Molecular Biology. Additionally, at least three consecutive quarters of participation in the Statistical Genetics seminar ( BIOSTAT580B; 1 credit/quarter) is required. Some preliminary subject-area study in Genetics will be required, for those students not already having this material.

NEW INFORMATION: JANUARY 2008

Please note this information is DRAFT until notified it is not!

PhD track requirements

The departments of Statistics and Biostatistics have each made modifications to their programs to accomodate the StatGen PhD pathways. Specifically:
  • In Statistics the StatGen students are waived one of the three core course sequence requirements;
  • In Biostatistics the StatGen students are waived BIOST571, and the StatGen courses other than BIOST 550-1-2 may be counted towards the required biological electives.
With these modifications, StatGen students who select this pathway early in their program should not experience longer time to degree. For further details, please contact the graduate program advisors in Statistics or Biostatistics.

Seminars

Curriculum checklist

A checklist for the core curriculum is available. Students taking the Ph.D. track or Certificate Curriculum may like to use a copy of this list for their curriculum planning. On completion of the curriculum, a completed copy of the form should be signed by the student's statistical genetics advisor, and provided for the student's file.

Statistical Genetics Computing

Associated with the Statistical Genetics core course sequence STAT/BIOST 550-551-552 we are developing computing labs and a software collection available for the use of all UW Statistical Genetics students. The software is available on the Biostatistics SOLARIS and Linux computers; any statistical genetics student may obtain a Biostatistics computing account if they so wish. Check out the Statistical Genetics Computing web pages.

 

 

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