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Course Requirements
Prerequisites:
- Two semesters of Organic Chemistry (or 410.302 Bio-Organic Chemistry)
- One semester of Advanced Biochemistry (or 410.601 Advanced Biochemistry)
- Introduction to Programming Using Java, C++ or C (or 605.201 Introduction to Programming Using Java)
- Data Structures (or 605.202 Data Structures)
- Once course in Probability and Statistics or (410.645 Biostatistics)
- Calculus
Course Requirements:
Core Courses (5 total)
- 410.602 Molecular Biology
- 410.610 Gene Organization and Expression
- 605.421 Foundations of Algorithms
- 605.441 Principles of Database Systems
OR
- 410.634 Practical Computer Concepts for Bioinformatics
- 410.633 Introduction to Bioinformatics (formerly Computers in Molecular Biology)
OR
- 605.452 Biological Databases and Database Tools
Concentration Classes (choose 4)
- 410.635 Bioinformatics: Tools for Genome Analysis
- 410.639 Protein Bioinformatics
- 410.640 Phylogenetics and Comparative Genomics
- 410.661 Methods in Proteomics
- 410.666 Genome Sequencing and Analysis
- 410.671 Microarrays and Analysis
- 410.698 BioPerl
- 410.712 Advanced Practical Computer Concepts for Bioinformatics
- 605.451 Principle of Computational Biology
- 605.456 Computational Drug Discovery and Development
- 605.718 Modeling and Simulation of Complex Structures
- 605.743 The Semantic Web
- 605.751 Computational Aspects of Molecular Structure
- 605.753 Computational Genomics
- 605.754 Analysis of Gene Expression
- 605.755 Systems Biology
Electives
1 Elective from Computer Science
- 605.401 Foundations of Software Engineering
- 605.443 Organization of Data and Files
- 605.481 Distributed Development on the WWW
- 605.482 User Interface Development with the Java Foundation Classes
- 605.704 Object Oriented Analysis and Design
- 605.706 The Software Development Process
- 605.741 Distributed Database Systems on the WWW
- 605.742 XML: Technology and Applications
- 605.746 Machine Learning and Data Mining
- 605.747 Evolutionary Computation
- 605.759 Independent Research Project in Bioinformatics
- 605.781 Distributed Objects
- 605.782 Web Applications Development with Servlets and JavaServer Pages
- 605.783 Reusable Software Components with JavaBeans
1 Elective from Biotechnology
- 410.603 Advanced Cell Biology I
- 410.604 Advanced Cell Biology II
- 410.612 Human Molecular Genetics
- 410.613 Principles of Immunology
- 410.615 Microbiology
- 410.616 Virology
- 410.622 Molecular Basis of Pharmacology
- 410.629 Genes and Disease
- 410.630 Gene Therapy
- 410.632 Emerging Infectious Diseases
- 410.638 Cancer Biology
- 410.641 Clinical and Molecular Diagnostics
- 410.648 Clinical Trial Design and Conduct
- 410.800 Independent Research Project in Biotechnology
Thesis Option