30 hours

Contact faculty members with Graduate Faculty Status in ADS who can take you into their program. Then apply to the UGA Graduate School and include the following: 3 Letters of recommendation Statement of Purpose indicating why you want to pursue a graduate degree, the area of interest (species, discipline), and long-term career goals. Unofficial transcript (3.0 minimum GPA) International students: For students whose primary language is not English, proof of English proficiency is required. Students need to submit official university documents according to the UGA Graduate School requirements, currently TOEFL and IELTS scores are accepted.

ADSC 8800  *

Graduate Seminar

1

ADSC 9300

Doctoral Dissertation

1-9

RBIO 8888  (1-3 hours)

Current Literature in Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine

1

Choose 3 credit hour(s) from the following:

BIOS 7010

Fundamentals of Biostatistical Reasoning

3

BIOS 7020

Intermediate Biostatistical Reasoning

3

POPH 8310L

Population Health Statistics I

3

POPH 8320L

Population Health Statistics II

4

STAT 6315

Statistical Methods for Researchers

4

STAT 8200

Design of Experiments for Research Workers

3

Or another approved Statistics course (Special Problems and programing courses do not count for statistical credit)

Choose 6 credit hour(s) from the following:

BIOE 8980

Advanced Topics in Biological Engineering

1-3

RBIO 8120-8120L

Experimental Methods in Animal Biotechnology

3

RBIO 8220

Materials in Medicine

3

RBIO 8230

Neurobiology of Chemical Senses and Food Perception

3

RBIO(BIOE) 8240

Engineering Stem Cell Therapeutics

3

NOTE: Students can have no more than 6 hours of ADSC 8700 and ADSC 8710 combined.

*A minimum of 2 hours; must be taught by ADSC faculty and based in Athens ^First semester; no later than 2nd semester

GRSC 7001

GradFIRST: First-year Research and Scholarship Training Seminar

1

Select additional courses, as needed, in consultation with an advisor to meet the minimum number of required credit hours for this program.