Variant of the Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) Canada 2021 Version 1.0 for Primary groupings

• 06 - Physical and life sciences and technologies
• 26. - Biological and biomedical sciences
• 26.08 - Genetics

26.0802 - Molecular genetics

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the scientific study of genetic structures and mechanisms of organisms, including bacteria, phages, and viruses. These programs include courses in the replication, expression, transfer, structure, maintenance, and stability of heritable information in DNA, RNA, and proteins; the regulation of these processes; and neurogenetics.

• Illustrative example(s)

  • molecular genetics
  • neurogenetics
  • protein expression
  • proteomics

  All examples

• Exclusion(s)

  • clinical molecular genetics - residency(61.0903)
  • cytogenetics(26.0899)
  • gene therapy(51.0914)
  • genetic counselling(51.1509)
  • genetic engineering(14.0501)
  • genetics(26.0801)
  • genomics(26.0807)
  • human genetics(26.0806)
  • molecular biology(26.0204)
  • molecular genetic pathology - fellowship(61.1812)
  • molecular medicine(26.1401)