<p>various sources claim ucd’s undergrad genetics program to be among the best – is there anything to back this?</p>
<p>also, can anybody speculate on ucd’s actual rank (w/respect to the other uc’s), taking into account the misreported information?</p>
<p>a bit pressed for time, so sorry if i sound terse.</p>
<p>-doraemon</p>
<p>If the "actual rank" of UC Davis is your deciding factor to attend/not attend, perhaps it isn't the school for you...</p>
<p>i have visited the school and really like the campus. however, i still have no idea what sort of prestige it represents, because nobody can seem to agree. and please, do not say that prestige isn't a factor because clearly it is; in my general experience, people prefer UC's to CSU's.</p>
<p>additionally, i hope somebody can speak to the quality of the undergrad genetics program.</p>
<p>By most accounts UCD, UCI, and UCSB have virtually the same "prestige". People in NorCa think UCD is the best, people in SoCa think UCI and UCSB are the best. There are some majors that are much better at one of them than the others but for most majors they aren't that different. All that said I know absolutely nothing about the genetics program :-P</p>
<p>What kind of genetics?</p>
<p>Genetics</p>
<p>Section of Molecular and Cellular Biology, 156 Briggs, (530) 752-1496</p>
<p>Major: The genetics major (Bachelor of Science) is designed to provide a broad background in the biological, mathematical, and physical sciences basic to the study of heredity and evolution. The major is sufficiently flexible to accommodate students interested in the subject either as a basic discipline in the biological sciences or in terms of its applied aspects such as biotechnology, medicine, and agriculture.</p>
<p>Careers: The genetics degree provides suitable preparation for a wide variety of careers, including teaching, research, work with biotechnology companies, medicine, and all the health sciences. It also provides an excellent background for students wishing to enter a graduate program, a teacher-training program, medical school, veterinary school, or other professional schools.
links:
<a href="http://www.mcb.ucdavis.edu/%5B/url%5D">http://www.mcb.ucdavis.edu/</a></p>
<p>LEADING THE NATION IN GRADUATE AND UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION
UC Davis leads the nation in graduate and undergraduate
education in the biological sciences. The Sciences
Laboratory Building, opened in January 2005, is dedicated
to undergraduate teaching in the biological sciences and
chemistry and features the most modern instructional
laboratory environment. Year after year, UC Davis tops the
charts in numbers of doctoral and bachelor degrees conferred
in the biological sciences.*
* Source: National Science Foundation and National Center for
Education Statistics (<a href="http://caspar.nsf.gov/%5B/url%5D">http://caspar.nsf.gov/</a>)</p>
<p>link:
<a href="http://biosci.ucdavis.edu/about/CBioSci%20Fact%20Sheet%2005-06.pdf%5B/url%5D">http://biosci.ucdavis.edu/about/CBioSci%20Fact%20Sheet%2005-06.pdf</a></p>
<p>haha. collegemom16 strikes again! (thanks :- D)</p>
<p>what can people say of the rigor of the mcb-genetics program versus, say, mcb-biochem?</p>
<p>by comparison, it seems to me that genetics has fewer upper division requirements, which has me worried.</p>
<p>any thoughts?</p>