Genomic Sciences

Degrees Offered:
 Program Title 

 Ph.D. 

 Ed.D. 

 M.S. 

 M.A. 

Master 
of 

 M.Ed. 

 MFA 
Bioinformatics 

 Y 

  

  

  

 Y 

  

  
Functional Genomics 

 Y 

  

 Y 

  

 Y 

  

  

GRADUATE FACULTY

Directors of Graduate Programs:
D. M. Bird, Box 7616, 56813, david_bird@ncsu.edu, Plant Pathology
S. Zeng, Box 1500, 51942, zeng@stat.ncsu.edu, Statistics

ALCOA Professor of Chemical Engineering:  R. M. Kelly
Distinguished University Research Professor:  D. L. Bitzer
Drexel Professor of Statistics:  A. A. Tsiatis
Edwin F. Conger Distinguished Professor of Forestry and Environmental Resources:  R. R. Sederoff
Jordan Family Distinguished Professorship for Natural Resources Innovation:  V. C. Chiang
Philip Morris Professor:  R. E. Dewey
University Research Professor:  W. F. Thompson
William Neal Reynolds Distinguished Professor:  W. R. Atchley,  W. F. Boss
William Neal Reynolds Distinguished Professor of Genetics:  T. F. MacKay
William Neal Reynolds Distinguished University Professor:  M. M. Goodman,  T. R. Klaenhammer
William Neal Reynolds Professor:  R. R. Anholt,  R. S. Boston,  J. Cavanagh,  M. E. Daub,  M. Davidian,  R. A. Dean,  L. K. Hanley,  S. Lommel,  J. Odle,  G. A. Payne,  C. V. Sullivan,  S. Zeng

Professors: K. B. Adler, P. F. Agris, P. Arasu, D. M. Bird, R. J. Borski, M. Breen, E. B. Breitschwerdt, D. T. Brown, S. D. Clouse, S. E. Curtis, G. A. Dean, C. E. Farin, F. J. Fuller, J. E. Gadsby, S. K. Ghosh, B. Goldfarb, C. L. Hemenway, J. M. Hughes-Oliver, E. L. Kaltofen, S. Kathariou, S. Leath, D. H. Ley, B. Li, J. W. Mahaffey, E. S. Maxwell, S. E. McKeand, E. S. Miller, J. W. Moyer, D. C. Muddiman, S. V. Muse, C. H. Opperman, P. E. Orndorff, J. N. Petitte, R. M. Petters, J. A. Piedrahita, J. B. Ristaino, D. Robertson, M. C. Sagui, B. Sherry, R. C. Smart, J. L. Thorne, W. Tompkins, M. A. Vouk, B. M. Wiegmann, P. L. Wollenzien; USDA Professors: J. B. Holland; Adjunct Professors: G. C. Gibson, J. L. Gibson, N. L. Kaplan, M. S. McGinnis, M. D. Purugganan, R. D. Wolfinger; Emeritus Named Professors: E. Eisen; Emeritus Professors: T. H. Regan; Associate Professors: J. M. Alonso, C. M. Ashwell, M. S. Ashwell, J. W. Brown, I. Carbone, J. P. Cassady, A. C. Clark, J. R. Godwin, M. B. Goshe, A. M. Grunden, J. M. Haugh, J. M. Horowitz, J. A. Knopp, D. S. Lalush, H. Liu, C. Mattos, W. O. McMillan, P. E. Mozdziak, J. W. Olson, M. Rodriguez-Puebla, C. E. Smith, J. L. Stape, R. W. Whetten, Q. Y. Xiang, D. Zhang; Research Associate Professors: P. A. Estes; Adjunct Associate Professors: C. M. Grozinger, E. R. Hauser; Emeritus Associate Professors: H. V. Amerson; Assistant Professors: R. G. Franks, S. Heber, M. D. Koci, L. Li, L. D. Mathies, F. Meilleur, A. A. Motsinger, B. J. Reich, H. A. Sederoff, M. L. Sikes, E. A. Stone, W. Sun, J. Tzeng, P. Veronese, H. Wang, Y. Wu, D. Xie, J. A. Yoder; Research Assistant Professors: D. M. Nielsen; USDA Assistant Professors: I. M. Perez Diaz; Adjunct Assistant Professors: J. L. Stephenson; Teaching Associate Professors: J. A. Barnes; Teaching Assistant Professors: B. J. Grubb, J. L. Lubischer, A. Y. Scales

Fields of Graduate Instruction - Genomic Sciences

Genomic sciences has two components. Functional genomics, the generation of large bodies of data relating to organism function, encompasses gene discovery, gene expression, protein and nucleic acid structure and function, gene and gene product interactions, and genomic approaches to breeding and comparative studies relevant to ecology and evolutionary biology. Bioinformatics is the analysis of these vast and complex data sets including methods to analyze extremely large sets of genomic information such as DNA sequences and expression from DNA microarrays. Students register in either of these two fields but also receive a solid grounding in the other through core courses common to both programs. Unique and exceptional resources include the Bioinformatics Research Center and the Genome Research Laboratory.

Admission Requirements: Students should have an undergraduate major in the biological or physical sciences, mathematics, statistics or computer science and have completed calculus and other comparable courses. In addition to the other application requirements, a student should submit a statement of interests and career goals.

Master's Degree Requirements: Students take a 15-credit core curriculum of courses common to both programs followed by courses specific to the degree and discipline. The Master's of Bioinformatics requires a minimum of 33 credit hours. The Master's of Functional Genomics requires a minimum of 30 credit hours, and the Master's of Science in Functional Genomics requires a minimum of 36 credit hours.

Doctoral Degree Requirements: The Ph.D. program requires a total of 72 credits, and all students participate in a journal club, monthly seminar series and research ethics training. A co-mentoring system exists between bioinformatics and functional genomics through which each student has advisors from both disciplines. Throughout the program they will have the opportunity to gain practical experience in the Genome Research Laboratory, Bioinformatics Research Center and DNA Sequencing Facility.

Student Financial Support: A significant number of fellowships are available through the genomics program, and students may also be supported by research grant funds awarded to genomics faculty members.

GRADUATE COURSES
Many courses are available and cross-listed through 25 participating departments in the Colleges of Agriculture & Life Sciences, Engineering, Natural Resources, Physical & Mathematical Sciences, and Veterinary Medicine.

NCSU Graduate Catalog