This programme equips graduate students with the necessary skills and knowledge required to enter the genetics industry.
Type: undergraduate degree
Duration: 3 years full time
Compulsory Sujects
First year subjects:
- Computer literacy
- General chemistry
- Academic literacy
- General physics
- Molecular and cell biology
- Mathematics
- Biometry
- Plant biology
- Information literacy
- Introduction to microbiology
- Introduction to genetics
- Animal diversity
Second year subjects:
- Introduction to proteins and enzymes
- Carbohydrate metabolism
- SA flora and vegetation
- Gene and chromosome organisation
- Growth diversity and control of bacteria
- Invertebrate biology
- Lipids and nitrogen metabolism
- Biochemistry in perspective
- Plant biochemistry evolution
- Genetic analysis and manipulation
- African invertebrates
Third year subjects:
- Eukaryotic construction and development
- Genomes
- Advanced population genetics
- Human genetics
- Evolution and phylo-genetics
- Plant genetics and biotechnology
Careers: scientist and researcher.
Source: www.up.ac.za