Courses

Students are required to complete 30 credits of coursework, including 18 credits of required courses and 12 credits of elective courses.

Fall (for Two-Semester Students)

Fall Required Courses

BINF 5210 Bioinformatics
4 credits | Tues/Thurs, 1:30-3:20 p.m.
Course Instructors: Mark Danielsen, Karen Ross

BINF 5240 Bioinformatics Computing
5 credits | Mon/Wed, 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m.; Fri, 10 a.m.-12 p.m.
Course Instructor: Nathan Edwards

BINF 5730 Bioinformatics Seminar Series I
1 credit | Tues, 12:00-1:00 p.m.
Course Instructors: Karen Ross, Nathan Edwards

BINF 5860 Molecular Biology for Bioinformatics
3 credits | Tues/Thurs, 3:30-4:50 p.m.
Course Instructors: Mark Danielsen, Karen Ross

Other electives may be permitted on a case-by-case basis. If you are interested in taking a course not listed here, reach out to the program directors or program administrator for approval.

BINF 5110 AI in Research and Work: Use, Misuse & Best Practices
1 credit | Tues, 9:30am – 11:50am (first session)
Course Instructor: Markus Hoffmann

BINF 5115 Computational and Algorithmic Thinking
1 credit | Tues, 9:30am – 11:30am (second session)
Course Instructor: Markus Hoffmann

PHSL 6504 Biostatistics
3 credits | Fri, 1-3:30 p.m.
Course Instructor: Anca Dragomir

SYSM 5910 Biomedical Informatics
3 credits | Wed, 9 a.m.-12 p.m.
Course Instructors: Sona Vasudevan, Alan Zuckerman

SYSM 5800 AI Applications in Systems Medicine
3 credits | Mon, 3 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Course Instructors: Gongliang Zhang, Sona Vasudevan, Omar Aljawfi

Spring (for Two-Semester Students)

Spring Required Courses

BINF 5740 Bioinformatics Seminar Series II
1 credit | Tues, 12 p.m.
Course Instructors: Karen Ross, Nathan Edwards

BINF 5800 Systems Biology & Bioinformatics
3 credits | Mon/Wed, 1:30-3 p.m.
Course Instructors: Karen Ross, Nathan Edwards

BINF 7950 Bioinformatics Internship Proposal
1 credit
Course Instructors: Karen Ross, Nathan Edwards

Other electives may be permitted on a case-by-case basis. If you are interested in taking a course not listed here, reach out to the program directors or program administrator for approval.

BINF 5220 Machine Learning
3 credits
Course Instructor: Markus Hoffmann

BINF 5990 Next Generation Sequencing Data Analysis
2 credits | Tues, 1:15-3:05 p.m.
Course Instructor: Karen Ross

BINF 6200 Bioinformatics Algorithms
1 or 2 credits
Course Instructor: Nathan Edwards

BINF 6970 Databases for Bioinformatics
3 credits | Fri, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.
Course Instructor: Abdelghani Bellaachia, Nathan Edwards

IMHS 6504 Intro to Experimental Design & Data Analysis
3 credits | Wed, 10:30 a.m.- 1 p.m.
Course Instructor: Anca Dragomir

SYSM 5940 Translational Bioinformatics
2 credits | Mon, 10-11:50 a.m.
Course Instructor: Sona Vasudevan

SYSM 5960 Clinical Metabolomics
2 credits | Thurs, 10:15 a.m.-12 p.m.
Course Instructors: Amrita K Cheema, Albert Fornace Jr.

Summer (for Two-Semester Students)

Summer Required Courses

BINF 7951 Bioinformatics Internship
0 credits
Course Instructors: Karen Ross, Nathan Edwards

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