Overview
The Designated Emphasis, referred to as the “DE”, is a specialization offered adjunct to affiliated doctoral degrees for students with research interests in computational biology and genomics. DE students receive a solid foundation in the different facets of computational/genomic research and the ensuing competitive edge for the most desirable jobs in academia and industry, which increasingly require interdisciplinary training. It is Graduate Division policy that students are admitted to the DE before taking their Qualifying Exam. Upon successful completion of the dissertation, the student’s final transcript will include the designation, “Ph.D. in [Home Program] with a Designated Emphasis in Computational and Genomic Biology.”
Associated Programs
This list is representative, not comprehensive, and we consider students from most relevant programs on campus:
- Bioengineering Graduate Group (Berkeley campus based students only)
- Biophysics Graduate Group
- Biostatistics Graduate Group
- Chemistry Department
- Computer Science Division, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
- Integrative Biology Department
- Mathematics Department
- Microbiology Graduate Group
- Molecular and Cell Biology Department
- Physics Department
- Plant Biology Graduate Group
- Public Health – Graduate Group in Epidemiology
- Public Health – Graduate Group in Environmental Health Sciences
- Statistics Department
Normative Time
No additional time can be added to the normative time of your home department; however, due to the interdisciplinary nature of training and research in the Designated Emphasis, and depending on the student’s background, completion of the DE could add one, possibly two, additional semesters to the student’s total program.