Course Requirement Summary
Ph.D. course requirements include a minimum of 51 total credits, at least 32 credits at UW-Madison, at least 26 in didactic (graduate level formal classes or seminars) courses.
M.S. course requirements include a minimum of 30 total credits, at least 16 credits at UW-Madison, at least 15 in didactic (graduate level formal classes or seminars) courses.
The official University documentation of “graduate level” coursework is identified with the graduate course attribute (G50%) in the University’s Course Guide and Class Search. The below courses note if they count towards the didactic requirement.
Course Topics
Animal Health and Disease – ANSCI 320 (didactic)
Introduction to Biochemistry – BIOCHEM 501
General Biochemistry 1 – BIOCHEM 507
General Biochemistry 2 – BIOCHEM 508
Nutritional Biochemistry and Metabolism BIOCHEM 510/NUTR SCI 510 (didactic)
Advanced Nutrition: Intermediary Metabolism of Macronutrients BIOCHEM 619/NUTR SCI 619 (didactic)
Eukaryotic Molecular Biology – BIOCHEM/GENETICS 620 (didactic)
Molecular Control of Metabolism and Metabolic Diseases – BIOCHEM/NUTRSCI 645
Advanced Digital Agriculture – ANSCI 875 (didactic)
Genetic Mapping – ANSCI 615/GENETICS 615 (didactic)
Introduction to Bioinformatics – BMI 576
Advanced Bioinformatics – BMI 776 (didactic)
Data Science Programming I – CS 220
Data Science Programming I for Research – CS 319 (didactic)
Introduction to Optimization – CS 524
Intro-Artificial Intelligence – CS 540
Research Ethics and Career Development – SURG SCI 812 (didactic)
Research Ethics – ANSCI 875 (didactic)
Food Production Systems and Sustainability – Agronomy 471/DYSCI 471 (didactic)
Introduction to Meat Science and Technology – FOOD SCI 305/ANSCI 305 (didactic)
Commercial Meat Processing – FOOD SCI 515/ANSCI 515 (didactic)
Chemistry and Technology of Dairy Products – FOOD SCI 611/ANSCI 611 (didactic)
Chemistry of Food Lipids – FOOD SCI 710/ANSCI 710 (didactic)
Introduction to Animal and Veterinary Genetics – ANSCI 361 (didactic)
Veterinary Genetics – ANSCI 362 (didactic)
Principles of Animal Breeding – ANSCI 363 (didactic)
Concepts in Genomics – ANSCI 366 (didactic)
Quantitative Genetics – ANSCI 610 (didactic)
Genetic Epidemiology – ANSCI 849 (didactic)
Principles of Genetics – GENETICS 466
Genetic Mapping – GENETICS 615/ANSCI 615 (didactic)
Eukaryotic Molecular Biology – GENETICS/BIOCHEM 620 (didactic)
Advanced Genomic and Proteomic Analysis – GENETICS 885 (didactic)
Livestock Production and Health in Agricultural Development – DYSCI 370 (didactic)
Food Production Systems and Sustainability – Agronomy 471/DYSCI 471 (didactic)
Animal Agriculture and Global Sustainable Development – DYSCI 472/FOOD SCI 472
Introduction to Meat Science and Technology – ANSCI 305/FOOD SCI 305 (didactic)
Beef Cattle Production – ANSCI 431 (didactic)
Swine Production – ANSCI 432 (didactic)
Commercial Meat Processing – ANSCI 515/FOOD SCI 515 (didactic)
Chemistry of Food Lipids – ANSCI 710/FOOD SCI 710 (didactic)
Comparative Animal Nutrition – ANSCI 311
Ruminant Nutrition & Metabolism – ANSCI 414 (didactic)
Application of Monogastric Nutrition Principles – ANSCI 415 (didactic)
Experimental Diet Design – ANSCI 626 (didactic)
Seminar in Animal Nutrition – ANSCI 931 (didactic)
Ruminant Nutritional Physiology I – DYSCI 824 (didactic)
Ruminant Nutritional Physiology II – DYSCI 825 (didactic)
Nutritional Biochemistry and Metabolism – NUTRSCI/BIOCHEM 510 (didactic)
Advanced Nutrition: Intermediary Metabolism of Macronutrients NUTRSCI/BIOCHEM 619 (didactic)
Molecular Control of Metabolism and Metabolic Diseases – NUTRSCI/BIOCHEM 645
Animal Physiology – ANSCI 373
Ornithology – ANSCI 520 (didactic)
Lactation Physiology – DYSCI 378
Reproductive Physiology – DYSCI 434 (didactic)
Reproductive Management of Dairy Cattle – DYSCI 534 (didactic)
Ruminant Nutritional Physiology I – DYSCI 824 (didactic)
Ruminant Nutritional Physiology II – DYSCI 825 (didactic)
Immunology – MM&I/PATH-BIO 528
Experimental Designs – Agronomy 771 (didactic)
Applications in ANOVA – Agronomy 772 (didactic)
Design and Analysis of Biological Studies – AN SCI 865 (didactic)
R for Statistics I – STAT 303
R for Statistics II – STAT 304
Statistical Methods for Bioscience I – STAT 571 (didactic)
Statistical Methods for Bioscience II – STAT 572 (didactic)