Molecular Plant Biology
Important information
The Master programme in Molecular Plant Biology emphasizes the fundamental understanding of plants from the molecular genetic to the organismal level. In particular, students will experience, both in theory and in their experimental work, how the interconnected networks of genes and gene products work together in steering processes in plants, e.g. during development or under specific environmental conditions.
Apart from plant biology, students are encouraged to broaden their educational skills in areas such as cell and structural biology, genetics, microbiology and plant protection, systems biology and metabolism. In plant biotechnology students learn how their knowledge can contribute to crop improvement. As members of the Zurich-Basel Plant Science Center (PSC, www.plantscience.ethz.ch), ETH Master students also benefit from joint PSC courses and courses given at the other two universities.
Every student's study programme is defined in the learning agreement in myStudies.
- Go to “Functions” -> “Learning agreement”. The compulsory courses are already listed. The compulsory electives and the elective courses can be entered according to the discussion with your major advisor. In the end submit your entries to your major advisor for approval.
- The learning agreement does not have to be complete in the beginning and it can be changed during the course of the study time. All additions and changes have to be approved by your major advisor.
- All compulsory courses are marked with “Yes” in the section “Completion of mandatory courses”.
- Compulsory courses that were done in the ETH Biology Bachelor’s programme have to be marked with “Other programme”.
- In the rare case a compulsory course does not have to be taken with agreement of your major advisor it can be marked with “No”.
- The section “ECTS credits” shows the planned, the needed minimum and the missing CPs in the categories “Compulsory Subjects and Compulsory Electives”, “Electives” and “Research Projects” (not shown Master’s thesis, Master’s exam and GESS-course).
- For the Master’s degree 24 CPs must be acquired in the categories “Compulsory Subjects and Compulsory Electives” and “Electives” whereof at least 18 CPs have to come from the category “Compulsory Subjects and Compulsory Electives”.
- Courses listed in the learning agreement must be registered in myStudies under “Course registration” (no automatic transfer!).If a course is registered, the dot in front of the course’s name in the learning agreement turns green. Without a registration it turns red.