Masters Degree
Masters Degree
Acquiring a Master’s Degree in the Bioinformatics Graduate Program requires 31 credits hours.
Research Track Master’s Program Description
The core course work requirements are listed below. In addition, Master’s Program are required to participate in a project in a research laboratory as their practical experience requirement and are also encouraged to prepare a master’s thesis.
Advising
Courses are chosen with the help of Master’s Program academic advisors and will depend on the student's previous training and specific career goals.
Course Work
As a part of the Bioinformatics Masters Program curriculum, students must reach a level of expertise in four core areas by either adequate background experience or by taking appropriate courses.
The four core areas are defined as:
In addition, students need to take:
- At least two major (3-4 credit)
courses in advanced bioinformatics and/or computational biology,
defined as applying the skills or computing and statistical analysis to
a biological or medical problem.
- Masters students are required to take at least one semester of Bioinformatics 602 (Journal Club).
A list of sample courses that can be taken to fulfill these requirements can be found on the courses page. However, the program encourages students to find other courses that may meet the core area criteria. All requests to place additional courses that may meet that particular core area's requirements shoul
Practical Experience
Master’s Degree students are required to do a research rotation in the lab of one of the Bioinformatics training faculty.
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