BA Genetics: Biological and Biomedical Sciences

at Trinity College Dublin The University of Dublin

Third year
Eukaryotic Molecular Genetics, Plant and Microbial Genetics, Molecular Genetics, Genomics and Systems Biology, Neuro and Behavioral Genetics, Medical Genetics, Evolutionary and Populational Genetics, Developmental Genetics, Molecular Genetics Laboratory, Analytical Genetics Laboratory, Data Handling and Bioinformatics, Science Structure, Discussion and Presentation for Genetics.

Fourth year
Literature Review, Capstone Research Project, Choices from a range of taught subjects including: Principles of Genetics, Plant Molecular Genetics, Plant Developmental Genetics, Microbial Molecular Genetics, Cancer Genetics, Transgenic Animals and Gene therapy, Genetics of Perception, Programmed Cell Death, Stem Cell Biology, Genetics and Immunology of Neural Diseases, Molecular Evolution, Developmental Genetics of Drosophila, Human Evolutionary Genetics, Behavioural Genetics, Epigenetics.

The fees for BA Genetics: Biological and Biomedical Sciences may vary from €10,000 to €25,000 annually for tuition fees. The fee's prices may get higher for International Students.

Many Genetics graduates go on to higher degrees (M.Sc. and/or PhD) and take up careers in research in either academia or industry. Opportunities exist in biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies, agricultural organisations, medical or clinical diagnostic laboratories, forensics, public health and epidemiology programmes, and in teaching. Other graduates have gone into careers such as medicine, patent law or science journalism. Even if you choose a career not directly related to the scientific subject, the skills of critical thinking and problem solving provided by the Genetics degree will put you in high demand.