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The program leading to the M.S. Degree in Genomics
& Bioinformatics
offers two separate tracks: Biological or Computer
Science. Each has a slightly different curriculum with the optional
completion of a thesis.
Biological Track,
Computer Science Track
Biological Track
Students entering the Thesis option
will take 23 credit hours of required core courses, 3 credit hours
of electives, and 6 credit hours of thesis research (Bioc 299 &
300), for a total of 32 credit hours.
Students taking the Non-Thesis option will take a total of 35 credit hours, 23 credit hours of required core courses, 3 credit hours of electives,6 credit hours of research (Bioc 295 - 2 lab rotations, 3 credit hours each), and 3 credit hours of advanced reading (Bioc 298). At the completion of each lab rotation, a 5-10 page summary of the work carried out during the rotation is submitted. In
the advanced reading course, students are required to submit a 10-15 page review paper or a mock NIH R21 style grant pertinent to Genomics, Proteomics or Bioinformatics.
- Core Courses
- Bioc 221 (4 credit hours) & Bioc 222 (4 credit hours)
- General Biochemistry
- Bioc 234 (3 credit hours) - Structure and Function of Proteins
and Enzymes
- Bioc 235 (2 credit hours) - Genomics, Proteomics, and Bioinformatics
Seminar
- Bioc 236 (2 credit hours) - Fundamentals of Genomics,
- Bioc 237 (2 credit hours) - Fundamentals of Proteomics
- Bioc 254 (3 credit hours) - Fundamentals of Molecular
Biology
- CSci 144 (3 credit hours) - Introduction to Bioinformatics
- Elective Courses
- Bioc 224 (3 credit hours) - Biochemical
Techniques Laboratory
- Bioc 230 (2 credit hours) - Topics in
Protein Chemistry and Enzymology
- Bioc 238 (2 credit hours) - Experimental Genomics
Lab
- Bioc 239 (2 credit hours) - Applied Bioinformatics
- Bioc 250 (3 credit hours) - Molecular
Biology
- Bioc 260 (2 credit hours) - Biotechnology of Lipids and Biomembranes
- CSci 171 (3 credit hours) - Concepts
and Application of Computer Graphics
- CSci 207 (3 credit hours) - Scientific
Databases
- CSci 241 (3 credit hours) - Database
Management Systems
- CSci 244 (3 credit hours) - Information
Retrieval System
- Stat 157 (3 credits) - Introduction
to Mathematical Statistics
- Stat 158 (3 credits) - Introduction
to Mathematical Statistics II
- Stat 206 (3 credits) - Multivariate
Methods in the Behavioral Sciences
- Stat 217 (3 credits) - Design of Experiments
Computer Science Track
The curriculum requires 38 credit hours. In
addition to Bioc 235, a student must take 12 courses of which 2 may
be the Thesis research course if the student chooses the thesis option.
The 12 courses consist of 6 Biochemistry courses and 6 Computer Science
courses.
- Bioc 235 (2 credit hours) - Genomics, Proteomics,
and Bioinformatics Seminar
- 6 Biochemistry Core Courses
- Bioc 221 (4 credit hours) - Biochemistry
- Bioc 222 (4 credit hours) - Biochemistry
- Bioc 234 (3 credit hours) - Structure
and Function of Proteins and Enzymes
- Bioc 236 (2 credit hours) - Fundamentals of Genomics
- Bioc 237 (2 credit hours) - Fundamentals of Proteomics
- Bioc 254 (3 credit hours) - Fundamentals of Molecular Biology
- 3 Computer Science Core Courses
- CSci 210 (3 credit hours) - Advanced Software Paradigms
- CSci 211 (3 credit hours) - Computer Architectures
- CSci 144 (3 credit hours) - Introduction to Bioinformatics
- 3 Electives from the Following:
- CSci 194 - Discrete Analysis in Computer Science
- CSci 207 - Scientific Databases
- CSci 221 - Advanced Data Structures
- CSci 223 - Graph Theory and Applications
- CSci 225 - Data Compression
- CSci 235 - High-performance Computing
- CSci 242 - Database Systems II
- CSci 244 - Information Retrieval Systems
- CSci 325 - Advanced Computer Algorithms
- CSci 326 - Parallel Algorithms
- CSci 343 - Advanced Topics in Information Systems
- Stat 157 (3 credits) - Introduction
to Mathematical Statistics
- Stat 158 (3 credits) - Introduction
to Mathematical Statistics II
- Stat 206 (3 credits) - Multivariate
Methods in the Behavioral Sciences
- Stat 217 (3 credits) - Design of Experiments
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