Interdisciplinary Specialization in Bioinformatics

Departmental Requirements (4 Hours)

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May be used to meet Elective requirement

• BIOL 6640 - Fundamentals of Bioinformatics 4 Hours

Interdisciplinary Requirements (12 Hours)

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Courses in Bioinformatics offered by the Mathematics and Statistics and/or Computer Science Departments (specified prerequisites may be used to satisfy the 12 hour requirement). In consultation with the Major adviser, the student will submit a course plan to meet these requirements for approval by the MGB Graduate Director. Interdisciplinary courses include:

• MATH 6544 - Biostatistics 3 Hours
• MATH 6548 - Methods of Regression and Analysis of Variance 3 Hours
• STAT 8050 - Statistics for Bioinformatics 3 Hours
• STAT 8540 - Advanced Methodologies in Biostatistics 3 Hours
• CSC 6310 - Parallel and Distributed Computing 4 Hours
• CSC 6350 - Software Engineering 4 Hours
• CSC 6710 - Database Systems 4 Hours
• CSC 6730 - Data Visualization 4 Hours
• CSC 8630 - Advanced Bioinformatics 4 Hours
• CSC 8710 - Deductive Databases and Logic Programming 4 Hours