Genetics Minor

Students in other majors who wish to develop a focus in the area of genetics and genomics can complement their major academic program with a minor in genetics. 

The minor consists of a minimum of 20 credits, completed with a grade of C-minus or better. 

No more than 8 credits used to fulfill major requirements may be used for the minor.

A C average (2.00) is required in courses that the minor department approves.

A maximum of 4 credits of GEN 795 Investigations in Genetics may be used to fulfill minor requirements.

Pass/fail courses cannot be used for the minor.

It is the student’s responsibility to file an Intent to Minor form with the GEN minor advisor by the end of the junior year and to complete a Certification of Completion of Minor form during their final semester at UNH.

Required Course

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
GEN 604	Principles of Genetics	4

Choose at least one Transmission/Population Genetics course and one Molecular Genetics course. To reach the minimum of 20 credits for the minor, 4 credits of GEN 795 Investigations in Genetics may be used.

Transmission/Population Genetics Courses (Choose at least One)

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
GEN 705	Population Genetics	3
GEN 725	Population Genetics Lab	2
GEN 706	Human Genetics	4
GEN 713	Microbial Ecology and Evolution	4
GEN 715	Molecular Evolution	4
GEN 772	Evolutionary Genetics of Plants	4
NR 664	Conservation Genetics	4

Molecular Genetics Courses (Choose at least One)

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
GEN 704	Genetics of Prokaryotic Microbes	5
GEN 711	Genomics and Bioinformatics	4
GEN 712	Programming for Bioinformatics	5
GEN 717	Molecular Microbiology	5
GEN 721	Comparative Genomics	4
GEN 771	Molecular Genetics	4
GEN 774	Techniques in Plant Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology	4
BMCB 754	Molecular Biology Research Methods	5