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it isnt all computers.... i am looking for a bio major in MIT...maybe neuroscience or genetics. Hopefullly i am looking at the right place.
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<p>Hey, I was a neuroscience major. But I can still talk OOP.</p>
<p>The life science majors are great. But there is no such thing as a genetics major at MIT.</p>
<p>but doesnt microbiology incorporate cellular biology which inturn incorporates genetics?</p>
<p>Well, of course the biology major incorporates genetics. But what Jessie means is that there's only a biology major at MIT -- there are no specialized undergraduate majors like biochemistry, genetics, or molecular biology. </p>
<p>Of course, there's quite a bit of freedom in the undergraduate program, so if you really like a certain subfield of biology, you can take several classes in that subfield. But you will graduate with a degree in "biology" regardless of the elective class choices you make.</p>
<p>advancer pointed out the top reasons for me :)</p>
<p>MIT is my dream school! :)</p>
<p>combo! join the club vin</p>
<p>molliebatmit.... i was just wondering.... is there any major like gentics major?
I thought it was basically a major in bio and then a phd with a research paper in genetics. whats HST then? i know that its MIT collaborating with Harvard...but is it only medicine or does it support bio major? thanks for replyn</p>
<p>Top Ten Universities in molecular bio and genetics</p>
<p>Rank Institution # of
Papers Relative
Impact (%) follows the plus sign</p>
<p>1 MIT 665 +184
2 Rockefeller University 517 +100
3 Harvard University 3,277 +80
4 Univ. Calif., San Diego 1,061 +76
5 Yale University 1,034 +75
6 Univ. Calif., San Francisco 1,238 +73
7 Columbia University 962 +64
8 Univ. Texas Southwestern Med. Ctr., Dallas 660 +64
9 Stanford University 1,178 +62
10 Univ. Calif., Berkeley 886 +60 </p>
<p>yeah so if mit has published like 665 papers in molecular bio and genetics
.... in the end we still get just a bio major. Or maybe u have to complete undergraduation with a bio major and then move on with a genetics major? </p>
<p>btw the data is from sciencewatch.com </p>
<p>Typical Major Courses in genetics major
Biochemistry
Biology
Developmental genetics
Evolutionary genetics
Genetic data analysis
Human genetics
Inorganic chemistry
Molecular genetics
Organic chemistry
Population genetics</p>
<p>As an undergraduate at MIT, you would major in biology (course 7). After completing your undergraduate degree, you'd apply to PhD programs (presumably at MIT and elsewhere), saying you wanted to specialize in genetics. </p>
<p>(I am not sure, though, that even MIT graduate students graduate with a PhD in "genetics" -- my Harvard PhD, for example, will be in "biological and biomedical sciences", even though I'm doing my thesis work in developmental neurobiology. But it really doesn't matter what it says on your diploma -- it matters what's in your head.)</p>
<p>If you are interested in genetics as an undergraduate at MIT, you can take courses which focus on genetics, and you can do undergraduate research in a genetics lab -- as you note, MIT is quite strong in genetics, thanks in part to the Broad Institute. That would be more sufficient to convince a graduate program that you wanted to do genetics at an advanced level.</p>
<p>And HST is the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology. Undergraduates can take HST courses, but can't major in HST. HST students are Harvard Medical School students who are completing either a medical school thesis or a PhD thesis in a lab at Harvard or MIT.</p>