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Bioinformatics Certificate

The Biological Sciences have become more and more data intensive. Many biological biochemistry experiments, including genomic sequencing, gene expression experiments, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Mass Spec, Etc., generate huge quantities of data. This certificate ensures that the student has the computational skills necessary to analyze and manipulates such large quantities of data.

Post-Secondary Certificate - Bioinformatics

College of Humanities & Sciences

Degree Specific Credits: 12

Required Cumulative GPA: 2.0

Catalog Year: 2020-21

Summary

Required Courses

6

Elective Courses

6

Total Hours

12


Required Courses

Code

Title

Hours

Complete all of the following courses:

6

CSCI 151

Fund of Computer Science I

or BIOB 488

Programming for Biology

CSCI 451

Computational Biology

Total Hours

6

Minimum Required Grade: C-


Elective Courses

Note: BIOB 488 may only fulfill this requirement if not taken as a required course.

Code

Title

Hours

Complete two of the following courses:

6

BCH 480

Advanced Biochemistry I

BIOB 486

Genomics

BIOB 488

Programming for Biology

CSCI 444

Data Visualization

CSCI 448

Pattern Recognition

Total Hours

6

Minimum Required Grade: C-