MSc in Quantitative Genetics and Genome Analysis

该计划旨在帮助学生满足工业界和学术界对具备数量遗传学和基因组数据分析专业知识的个人日益增长的需求。爱丁堡在遗传学领域拥有卓越的国际声誉，理科硕士利用这方面的专业知识进行教学和研究项目。该学位包括两个学期(9月至4月)的讲座、计算机实践和教程(每周约18小时)。学生还应参加每周研究生级别的研讨会和相关的一般技能课程，包括信息技术、科学写作、口头报告、研究项目规划等。授课(文凭)阶段的评估是通过课程中作业和12月和5月举行的笔试相结合的方式进行的。通过硕士课程教学阶段的学生将被允许进入项目阶段。这是一个为期3个月的个人研究项目，由国际公认的学者监督，并提交授予理学硕士学位的论文。入学要求申请者必须在生物科学或物理科学方面拥有英国荣誉学位或同等学历。生物学家被要求证明具有很强的数字技能，而非生物学家则被要求表示有意转向数量生物学。课程结构第一学期(9月至12月)50学分：种群和数量遗传学；遗传解释；统计和数据分析。第二学期(1-4月)70学分基因组分析；QTL检测和基因组分析(实践课程)；个人微型研究项目；加上下列课程中的一门：分子遗传学生物信息学加上下列课程中的一门：进化遗传学人类遗传学遗传改良原理(牲畜遗传学)夏季S硕士学位必须完成为期3个月的研究项目和满意的研究论文。职业/学习成果QGGA毕业生拥有理论知识和实践技能的结合，这为博士学习提供了理想的基础。为期3个月的研究项目为学生提供了真实的研究体验，是课程中非常受欢迎的元素。在过去的三年里，在已知目的地的QGGA毕业生中，%的人直接获得了博士学位；另有16%的人攻读了进一步的研究生培训课程，如其他硕士课程和教师培训。该课程还使学生掌握可转移的技能，使他们对各种雇主具有吸引力，我们20%的毕业生受雇于私营和公共部门。

The programme is designed to equip students to meet the growing requirement by industry and academia for individuals with expertise in quantitative genetics and analysis of genomics data. Edinburgh has an outstanding international reputation in the field of genetics and the MSc draws on this expertise for teaching and research projects. The degree consists of a two semesters (Sept to April) of lectures, computer practicals and tutorials (approx 18 hours a week). Students are also expected to attend weekly graduate-level seminars and relevant generic skills courses in IT, scientific writing, oral presentations, research project planning etc. Assessment of the taught (Diploma) stage is by a combination of in-course assignments and written examinations held in December and May. Students who pass the taught stage at Masters level are given permission to proceed to the project stage. This is a 3-month individual research project supervised by internationally recognised academics and dissertation submission for the award of the MSc degree. Entry requirements Applicants are required to have a good UK Honours degree or equivalent in either the biological or physical sciences. Biologists are required to show evidence of strong numerical skills and non-biologists an intention to transfer into quantitative biology. Programme structure Semester 1 (Sept-Dec) 50 credits Population and quantitative genetics; Genetic interpretation; Statistics and data analysis. Semester 2 (Jan-April) 70 credits Genome analysis; QTL detection and genome analysis (practical course); Individual mini research project; Plus one course from the following: Molecular Phylogenetics Bioinformatics Plus one course from the following: Evolutionary genetics Human genetics Principles of genetic improvement (livestock genetics) Summer A 3-month research project and satisfactory research dissertation is compulsory for the Master s degree. Careers/Learning outcomes QGGA graduates have a combination of theoretical knowledge and practical skills which provides an ideal foundation for doctoral studies. The 3-month research project gives students an authentic research experience and is a very popular element of the course. Over the past three years, 64% of QGGA graduates of known destination have gone straight on to PhD degrees; another 16% have enrolled for further postgraduate training courses such as other Masters courses and teacher training. The course also equips students with transferable skills that make them attractive to a wide variety of employers and 20% of our graduates are employed in the private and public sector.