Experimental Design and Data Analysis
Design, execute, analyze, and interpret microbiology or molecular biology experiments at a graduate level.

Critical Reading and Evaluation
Critically read, understand, and evaluate current literature in the discipline.

Mastery of relevant wet bench and/or computational methods
Demonstrate proficiency with techniques relevant to microbiology and molecular biology. Specifically, all graduates will demonstrate understanding of the techniques relating to gene amplification, gene modification, protein analysis, and genomic studies such as genome sequencing or transcriptome analysis.

Effective oral and written communication of scientific ideas
Effective oral and written communication of scientific ideas and research.

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