{"id":4721,"date":"2011-09-07T11:57:15","date_gmt":"2011-09-07T15:57:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biomol.umontreal.ca\/academic-program\/option-generale\/"},"modified":"2026-01-22T17:58:25","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T22:58:25","slug":"option-generale","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/biomol.umontreal.ca\/en\/academic-program\/option-generale\/","title":{"rendered":"General option"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The general option offers you the opportunity to obtain a Master&#8217;s and\/or Doctoral degree in Molecular Biology from the University of Montreal.<\/p>\n<p>During your first year of the <a href=\"https:\/\/admission.umontreal.ca\/programmes\/maitrise-en-biologie-moleculaire\/\">Master&#8217;s program<\/a>, you will take courses that will allow you to acquire the basic concepts and techniques in molecular biology, genetics, biotechnology, etc. You will also conduct a research project in an <a href=\"https:\/\/biomol.umontreal.ca\/en\/research\/les-professeurs\/\">accredited laboratory<\/a> within the program. The second year of the Master&#8217;s program is dedicated to the research project.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/admission.umontreal.ca\/programmes\/doctorat-en-biologie-moleculaire\/\">Doctoral program in Molecular Biology<\/a> provides you with solid training in the field of research and allows you to learn the fundamental methods and techniques that are at the forefront of the study of biological macromolecules.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1333 alignnone\" title=\"cours_credits\" src=\"https:\/\/biomol.umontreal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/cours_credits.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/biomol.umontreal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/cours_credits.jpg 292w, https:\/\/biomol.umontreal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/cours_credits-290x300.jpg 290w, https:\/\/biomol.umontreal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/cours_credits-36x36.jpg 36w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 292px) 100vw, 292px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The general option offers you the opportunity to obtain a Master&#8217;s and\/or Doctoral degree in Molecular Biology from the University of Montreal. During your first year of the Master&#8217;s program, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":216,"featured_media":0,"parent":3554,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4721","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>General option - Programmes de biologie mol\u00e9culaire<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/biomol.umontreal.ca\/en\/academic-program\/option-generale\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"General option - Programmes de biologie mol\u00e9culaire\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The general option offers you the opportunity to obtain a Master&#8217;s and\/or Doctoral degree in Molecular Biology from the University of Montreal. During your first year of the Master&#8217;s program, [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/biomol.umontreal.ca\/en\/academic-program\/option-generale\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Programmes de biologie mol\u00e9culaire\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-01-22T22:58:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/biomol.umontreal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/cours_credits.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"292\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"302\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/biomol.umontreal.ca\/en\/academic-program\/option-generale\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/biomol.umontreal.ca\/en\/academic-program\/option-generale\/\",\"name\":\"General option - Programmes de biologie mol\u00e9culaire\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/biomol.umontreal.ca\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/biomol.umontreal.ca\/en\/academic-program\/option-generale\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/biomol.umontreal.ca\/en\/academic-program\/option-generale\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/biomol.umontreal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/cours_credits.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-09-07T15:57:15+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-01-22T22:58:25+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/biomol.umontreal.ca\/en\/academic-program\/option-generale\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/biomol.umontreal.ca\/en\/academic-program\/option-generale\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/biomol.umontreal.ca\/en\/academic-program\/option-generale\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/biomol.umontreal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/cours_credits.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/biomol.umontreal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/cours_credits.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/biomol.umontreal.ca\/en\/academic-program\/option-generale\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Accueil\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/biomol.umontreal.ca\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Academic Program\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/biomol.umontreal.ca\/en\/academic-program\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"General option\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/biomol.umontreal.ca\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/biomol.umontreal.ca\/\",\"name\":\"Programmes de biologie mol\u00e9culaire\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/biomol.umontreal.ca\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"General option - Programmes de biologie mol\u00e9culaire","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/biomol.umontreal.ca\/en\/academic-program\/option-generale\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"General option - Programmes de biologie mol\u00e9culaire","og_description":"The general option offers you the opportunity to obtain a Master&#8217;s and\/or Doctoral degree in Molecular Biology from the University of Montreal. During your first year of the Master&#8217;s program, [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/biomol.umontreal.ca\/en\/academic-program\/option-generale\/","og_site_name":"Programmes de biologie mol\u00e9culaire","article_modified_time":"2026-01-22T22:58:25+00:00","og_image":[{"width":292,"height":302,"url":"https:\/\/biomol.umontreal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/cours_credits.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/biomol.umontreal.ca\/en\/academic-program\/option-generale\/","url":"https:\/\/biomol.umontreal.ca\/en\/academic-program\/option-generale\/","name":"General option - Programmes de biologie mol\u00e9culaire","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/biomol.umontreal.ca\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/biomol.umontreal.ca\/en\/academic-program\/option-generale\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/biomol.umontreal.ca\/en\/academic-program\/option-generale\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/biomol.umontreal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/cours_credits.jpg","datePublished":"2011-09-07T15:57:15+00:00","dateModified":"2026-01-22T22:58:25+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/biomol.umontreal.ca\/en\/academic-program\/option-generale\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/biomol.umontreal.ca\/en\/academic-program\/option-generale\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/biomol.umontreal.ca\/en\/academic-program\/option-generale\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/biomol.umontreal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/cours_credits.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/biomol.umontreal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/cours_credits.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/biomol.umontreal.ca\/en\/academic-program\/option-generale\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Accueil","item":"https:\/\/biomol.umontreal.ca\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Academic Program","item":"https:\/\/biomol.umontreal.ca\/en\/academic-program\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"General option"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/biomol.umontreal.ca\/#website","url":"https:\/\/biomol.umontreal.ca\/","name":"Programmes de biologie mol\u00e9culaire","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/biomol.umontreal.ca\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biomol.umontreal.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4721","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/biomol.umontreal.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/biomol.umontreal.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biomol.umontreal.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/216"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biomol.umontreal.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4721"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/biomol.umontreal.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4721\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6515,"href":"https:\/\/biomol.umontreal.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4721\/revisions\/6515"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biomol.umontreal.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biomol.umontreal.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}