1. Prerequisites1

Course Semester Hours

Biochemistry (BIOC:3110 or BIOC 3120 and BIOC:3130 or equivalent)

3-8 s.h.

Organic Chemistry (2 semesters)

6-8 s.h.

Fundamental Genetics

3-4 s.h.

Introductory Physics, one year, college level

 6-8 s.h.

Calculus or Statistics, one year of either

 6-8 s.h.

1 Note: These prerequisites would be typical for a student entering with a Biology background. Students entering with a Computational background may need to make up missing courses; the trade-off is that these students will typically require fewer computer language courses, for example.

2. Genetics (9 sh) (assuming Fundamental Genetics and Biochemistry are taken as prerequisites)

Course Number Course Semester Hours
BMED:5207 Principles of Molecular and Cellular Biology 3 s.h.
 

Core Genetics (BIOL:3713, BIOL:3172, BIOL:4333, GENE:7191, or equivalent

 3-4 s.h.
GENE:6150 Genetic Analysis of Biological Systems 3 s.h.

 

3. Computing (6-9 sh) (credit for previous classes available)

Course Number Course Semester Hours
CS:3210 Programming Languages and Tools
(may be taken multiple times)		 3 s.h.
  Other appropriate computing courses
(e.g., BIOS:5510: Intro to R programming)		 Varies

4. Statistics (3 sh)

course number Course Semester Hours
STAT:3510 Biostatistics (or equivalent) 3 s.h.

5. Bioinformatics Electives (12 sh)

Course number course Semester Hours

BIOL:4213

Bioinformatics

 2 - 4 s.h.
BIOS:5120 Regression and ANOVA for the Health Sciences 3 s.h.
BIOS:6720 Machine Learning for Biomedical Data 3 s.h.
BIOS:7330 Advanced Biostatistical Computing 3 s.h.
BME:5320 Bioinformatics Techniques 3 s.h.
BME:5330 Computational Genomics 3 s.h.
CS:5430 Machine Learning 3 s.h.
IGPI:6480 Knowledge Discovery 3 s.h.
ISE:6380 Deep Learning 3 s.h.

STAT:4580

Data Visualization and Data Technologies

 3 s.h.

6. Seminar and Scholarly Integrity

Course Number Course Semester hours
BMED:7270 Scholarly Integrity/Responsible Conduct of Research 0 s.h.
BMED:7271 Scholarly Integrity/Responsible Conduct of Research 0 s.h.
GENE:6200 Special Topics in Genetics
(taken each spring)		 1 s.h.
GENE:6210 Seminars in Genetics
(taken each semester)		 1 s.h.