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Admission

Students apply to the Masters Program in Bioinformatics through the School of Biology. Applicants may be admitted to the program with undergraduate backgrounds and a BS or BA in Science or Engineering. Applicants are expected to have completed the general GRE with scores consistent with the range accepted by the School of Biology, at least 1800 for Fall 1999. GPAs have ranged between 3.4 and 4.0. Admission to the program will be based on recommendation made by a faculty committee. March 1, 2005 is a deadline submission of applications for Fall of 2005 admittance. To apply, use the Admissions office online form. When using this form, please check Biology as your major and indicate Bioinformatics as your research interest.

Course of Study

The Masters in Bioinformatics is a three-semester program of 37 semester hours. The course work spans the areas of Biology, Biochemistry, Mathematics and Computer Science.

Prerequisites

Principles of Biology (an introductory course)
Computer Programming (at least one semester, equivalent to CS 1301)
Organic Chemistry (an introductory course)
Calculus (one year, equivalent to MATH 1501, 1502)
Physics (one year)

Recommended Sequence of Courses

Semester I Semester II
Course Course
Prokaryotic Molecular Genetics (BIOL 6608)
3 hours		 Eukaryotic Molecular Genetics (BIOL 7668)
3 hours
Biochemistry I (CHEM 6501)
3 hours		 Biochemistry II (CHEM 6502)
3 hours
Modeling and Dynamics (MATH 6705)
3 hours		 Introduction to Probability and Statistics (MATH 3215)
3 hours
Introduction to Computing Concepts in Bioinformatics (CS 4710)
4 hours		 Applications of Artificial Intelligence (CS 6705)
3 hours
Semester III Other Recommended Courses
Course Course
Bioinformatics (BIOL 7023)
3 hours		 Bacterial and Viral Genetics (BIOL 4220)
Molecular Biology (BIOL 4469)
Molecular Biochemistry (CHEM 6573)
Applied Combinatorics (MATH 3012)
Numerical Analysis (MATH 4640)
Introduction to Algorithms (CS 6500)
Computer Graphics (CS 4451)
High Performance Parallel Computing: Tools and Applications (CS 6230)
Legal Issues in Biomedical Engineering (BMED 6788)
Technology Transfer in Biomedical Engineering (BMED 6789)
Biophysics (BIOL 4178/PHYS 4251) or
Introduction to Graph Theory (MATH 4022)
3 hours
Introduction to Database Systems (CS 4400) or
Visualization Methods for Science and Engineering (CS 6485)
3 hours
Macromolecular Structure (CHEM 6572) or
Drug Design and Discovery (CHEM 6583)
3 hours


Program Requirements

Total credit hours required 37 semester hours
Course hours at 6000 or higher required 21 semester hours
Maximum number of P/F course hours required  3 semester hours
Number of transfer credit hours allowed  6 semester hours
Minimum GPA required at completion 2.7

The student is not permitted to receive transfer credits for undergraduate courses taken as requirements for his (her) BS degree completion.
A student must be registered in school in term of graduation.

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