PCB 3063

4/5

Genetics

4 credits

Offered: Fall & Spring

Biology

Transmission, molecular, and population genetics. Problem-set heavy upper-division course required for most biology majors.

Typical workload: ~10 hrs/week outside class

Do not delay. UF lists this in critical tracking for 1 major, and 15 courses sit downstream of it in the prerequisite graph. Pushing it back can push back everything behind it.

Why students take this

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Scheduled in 2 of 81 UF model plans, usually in semester 6 (junior year) and part of critical tracking for 1 major.

Nutritional Sciences

Zoology

Prerequisites

Chain shows catalog-listed prerequisite courses.

BSC 2010BSC 2011PCB 3063

You need BSC 2011, and BSC 2011L first.

Usually taken with

Courses UF model plans put in the same semester as PCB 3063.

PHY 2054 · 2 plans

PHY 2054L · 2 plans

What it unlocks

15 courses list this as a prerequisite (directly or downstream).

AGR 4320 · Plant Breeding

HOS 4313C · Laboratory Methods in Plant Molecular Biology

MCB 4324 · Computational Genomics and Epigenomics

PCB 4562 · Epigenetics and Human Disease

PCB 4674 · Evolution

PCB 4723C · Physiology and Molecular Biology of Animals

WIS 4501 · Introduction to Wildlife Population Ecology

WIS 4554 · Conservation Biology

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Career relevance

Critical for: Biomedical Research (PhD)

Fall 2026 sections

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