HOW TO MAJOR IN MOLECULAR GENETICS AT OHIO STATE

There are no formal requirements for declaring the molecular genetics major. However, students with a strong interest and aptitude for science, as reflected in good grades, are most likely to succeed in the major. In order to complete the major and graduate in four years without undue difficulty, students need to complete the background course requirements before the Autumn Quarter of their junior year (two quarters of introductory biology, chemistry through two quarters of organic chemistry with laboratory, and mathematics through calculus and analytic geometry). These courses are prerequisites for the core sequence (biochemistry, molecular genetics I and II, biology, genes and development cell) which must be taken in that order in the Autumn, Winter, and Spring quarters of the junior year and Autumn and Winter quarters of the senior year. If these courses are taken in the junior year, the student will have the senior year for additional major courses for which the core courses are prerequisites.

Most students enter University College (UVC) upon enrolling at Ohio State and remain enrolled in UVC until they have qualified for and have been accepted into their chosen major and college. While enrolled in UVC, students begin taking courses which will meet the General Education Curriculum (GEC) requirements. The GEC is a body of courses designed to ensure that each student becomes acquainted with the basic areas of academic study. To meet the GEC requirements, credit hours must be completed from the following areas of academic study: writing and related skills, quantitative and logical skills, natural sciences, social sciences, arts and humanities, diversity experience, and issues of the contemporary world. Some majors also require completion of a foreign language requirement.

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