Bioinformatics Sample Program

Ideal schedules will vary between students based on interests and past coursework, and some classes listed may not be offered every year. Students should discuss their own course schedules with their advisors.

Year 1, Fall (Program in Biomedical Sciences - PIBS)
Bioinformatics 500: Success Skills in Bioinformatics (1)
Bioinformatics 575: Programming Laboratory in Bioinformatics (3)
Biostatistics 601: Probability and Distribution Theory† (4)
Human Genetics 545: Molecular Genetics (3)
PIBS 503: Research Responsibility and Ethics (1)
PIBS 600: Research Rotation (1-3)
PIBS 800: PIBS Seminar Series (1)

Year 1, Winter (PIBS)
Bioinformatics 529: Bioinformatics Concepts and Algorithms (3)
Biostatistics 602: Biostatistical Inference† (4)
Bioinformatics 602: Bioinformatics Journal Club (1)
Human Genetics 546: Molecular Basis of Human Genetic Disease (3)
PIBS 600: Research Rotation (1-3)
PIBS 800: PIBS Seminar Series (1)

Year 2, Fall (GSTP)
Bioinformatics 504: Rigor, Reproducibility, and Transparency (one week workshop in August) (1)
Bioinformatics 990: Research (3)
Bioinformatics 603: Bioinformatics Journal Club (1)
Biostatistics 666: Statistical Models and Numerical Methods in Human Genetics (3)
Statistics 500: Statistical Learning I: Regression (3)

Year 2, Winter (GSTP)
Bioinformatics 545: High-Throughput Molecular Genomic and Epigenomic Data Analysis (3)
Bioinformatics 990: Research (3)
Statistics 503: Applied Multivariate Modeling (3)

Year 3, Fall (GSTP)
Bioinformatics 995: Candidate Research (8)
Elective course from another department (usually statistics if also pursuing a Statistics MS) (3)

Year 3, Winter (GSTP)
Bioinformatics 995: Candidate Research (8)
Biostatistics 866: Advanced Topics in Genetic Modeling (3)

†May substitute Statistics 425/426 for Biostatistics 601/602 depending on mathematics background.