Degree Pathway for the Master of Science in Biological Sciences - Bioinformatics Option

Degree Pathway for Master of Science in Biological Sciences - Bioinformatics Option

This is a 30-credit program.

Core Required Courses
Course #	Course Name	Cr.
Total		4
BIOL.6030	Graduate Colloquium	1
BIOL.6040	Professional Communication	3

Any 3 Bioinformatics Courses (with at least 2 labs)
Course #	Course Name	Cr.
Total		11-12
BIOL.5050L	Bioinformatics + Lab	4
BIOL.5300	Cancer Genomics	3
BIOL.5320	Genomics	3
BIOL.5340L	Genomics Lab	1
BIOL.5700	Data Science for Biologists in Python	3
BIOL.5772L	Data Science for Biologists in Python Lab	1
BIOL.5860	Experimental Design and Analysis of Life Science	3
BIOL.5892	Crystallography and Structural Bioinformatics	3
BIOL.5894L	Crystallography and Structural Bioinformatics Lab	1

Biology Electives (0-4 courses)*
Course #	Course Name	Cr.
Total		0-12
BIOL.5XXX or above BIOL.5XXX or above BIOL.5XXX or above BIOL.5XXX or above	Any additional graduate course in biology	0-4

Approved Interdisciplinary Graduate Electives (Choose 1)
Course #	Course Name	Cr.
Total		3
COMP.5030	Algorithms	3
COMP.5400	Visual Analytics	3
COMP.5411	Data Visualization	3
COMP.5440	Data Mining	3
COMP.5450	Machine Learning	3
COMP.5510	Bioinformatics for CS	3
COMP.5520	Foundations in Digital Health	3
COMP.5730	Data Base I	3
COMP.5740	Data Base II	3
CHEM.5620	Biopharmaceutical Development	3
CHEM.5670	Computational Biochemistry	3
CHEM.5700	Protein Chemistry	3
CHEM.5800	Bioananalytical Chemistry	3
CHEM.6310	Principles of Medicinal Chemistry I	3
CHEM.6320	Principles of Medicinal Chemistry II	3
MATH.5550	Applied Math for Life Sciences	3
MATH.5630	Computational Mathematics	3
MATH.5750	Applied Statistics with R	3
MATH.5780	Statistical Inference and Data Mining	3
MATH. 5910	Linear Models and Regression	3
MATH. 5930	Experimental Design	3
ATMO.5030	Remote Sensing	3
ATMO.5050	Atmospheric Measurements and Data Analysis	3
ENVI.5040	Geographic Information Systems	3
PHRM.6200	Pharmacokinetics	3
PHRM.6400	Pharmaceutical Analysis	3
PHRM.6410	Drug Delivery	3
PHRM.6501	Drug Discovery	3
PUBH.5310	Health Informatics	3
PUBH.5750	Epidemiology and Biostatistics	3
PUBH.5760	Biostatistical Programming	3
PUBH.5770	Biostatistics for Health Data	3
PUBH.6870	Quantitative Models for Public Health	3
PUBH.6890	Advanced Regression Modeling	3
XXXX.5XXX or above	Any COMP, MATH, CHEM, or other non-bio graduate course with approval of graduate coordinator	3

*Courses required depends whether the student is completing a thesis. project or coursework only program.

Total Credits = 30

Last updated: 10/29/20