Tuesday, May 05, 2009

Seeking information on undergraduate programs/majors in genomics and/or genome biology?

I am looking around to find examples of undergraduate programs/majors in genomics or genome biology.  I got a couple of potential examples from a post I made on friendfeed but am looking for more.  What I am looking for is not just courses in genomics but majors/programs in genomics ... do they exist and if so, where and what do they look like.  Any information would be helpful.  Here is what I have found so far:
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6 comments:

  1. sergios-orestis kolokotronis5/05/2009 5:33 PM

    NYU's Department of Biology has a minor in Genomics & Bioinformatics within its undergraduate program in biology.

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  2. G. F. Barbato5/06/2009 6:23 AM

    i have very mixed feelings about undergrad programs in genetics/genomics/bioinformatics. i chaired the grad program in genetics for a number of years at penn state, and truly believe that our best students came from a broadbased biology degree program. some had a concentration in genetics/genomics courses.

    to date, i am very impressed with PU's (not PSU's) integrative sciences program/approach, in part, because it emphasizes many of the tools of biogeninformatomics -- but seems to be much less restrictive in terms of topical study. we'll see how it goes.

    i understand that some subgroup of students wants to 'major' in b.g.i.o. and some subgroup of adminstrators wants to say 'we have a program'; but, some days, i really think that undergrads desperately need a richer, broader background to bring to the table -- and if we have new cash to spend... recommit to our undergrad biology curricula.

    just my $.02...

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  3. Sam5/06/2009 4:42 PM

    there are several bioinformatics majors cropping up now. do you want those?

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  4. Jonathan Eisen5/06/2009 4:47 PM

    much more interested in genomics ones but IFX ones would be useful tooi

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  5. Jonathan Eisen5/10/2009 8:03 PM

    David Botstein has sent me some information about some related activities at Princeton:

    "At Princeton we have a new
    integrated introductory science program

    http://www.princeton.edu/integratedscience/

    that leads naturally (for ca. 1/2 of the students who
    take integrated science) to a certificate in quantitative
    and computational biology

    http://www.princeton.edu/integratedscience/certificate/
    http://genomics.princeton.edu/topics/certificate.html

    that features a lot of genomics.

    Students with more interest in genomics and
    quantitative and computational biology at Princeton might
    want to browse the website of the Lewis-Sigler Institute for
    Integrated Genomics, which offers all these programs.

    http://www.genomics.princeton.edu/index.html

    The programs of the Institute (both research and teaching,
    which we believe are and should be intimately intertwined)
    are supported by NIGMS through the Center for Quantitative
    Biology

    http://quantbio.princeton.edu/"

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  6. Jonathan Eisen6/01/2009 10:43 AM

    Also see Davidson College!! http://www.bio.davidson.edu/programs/Genomics/genomics_overview.html

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