Required Core Courses for the Molecular and Computational Biology and Translational Bioinformatics Track for the PhD program
| Course Number | Course Description | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| SYBB 459 | Bioinformatics for Systems Biology | 3 |
| SYBB 555 | Current Proteomics | 3 |
| SYBB 501 | Biomedical Informatics and Systems Biology Journal Club | 0 |
| SYBB 601 | Systems Biology and Bioinformatics Research | 1-18 |
| SYBB 651 | Thesis MS (For MS Students only) | 1-18 |
| SYBB 701 | Dissertation PhD (For PhD students only) | 1-9 |
Elective Courses for the PhD Program:
Genes and Proteins Courses
| Course Number | Course Description | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| EPBI/GENE/MPHP 451 CLBY 555/BIOC 555/PATH 555 |
Principles of Genetic Epidemiology | 3 |
| PHOL/CHEM/PHRM/BIOC/NEUR 475 | Protein Biophysics | 3 |
| PHOL 456 | Conversations on Protein Structure and Function | 2 |
| PHOL 480 | Physiology of Organ Systems | 4 |
| CBIO 453 | Cell Biology I | 4 |
| CBIO 455 | Molecular Biology I | 4 |
| BIOC 420 | Current Topics in Cancer | 3 |
| BIOC 528 | Contemporary Approaches to Drug Discovery | 3 |
| BETH 412 | Ethical Issues in Genetics/Genomics | 3 |
Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Courses
| Course Number | Course Description | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| EPBI 415 | Statistical Computing and Data Analytics | 3 |
| BIOL/EECS 419 | Applied Probability and Stochastic Processes for Biology | 3 |
| PHRM/PHOL/CHEM/BIOC 430 | Advanced Methods in Structural Biology | 1-6 |
| EECS 458 | Introduction to Bioinformatics | 3 |
| NEUR 478/BIOL 378/COGS MATH 378/BIOL 478/EBME 478 |
Computational Neuroscience | 3 |
| GENE 508 | Bioinformatics and Computational Genomics | 3 |
| BIOC 430 | Advanced Methods in Structural Biology | 1-6 |
Quantitative Analysis and Modeling
| Course Number | Course Description | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| EPBI 431 | Statistical Methods I | 3 |
| EPBI 432 | Statistical Methods II | 3 |
| EPBI 480 | Introduction to Statistical Theory | 3 |
| EPBI 481 | Theoretical Statistics I | 3 |
| EPBI 482 | Theoretical Statistics II | 3 |
| EPBI 460 | Introduction to Health Services Research | 3 |
| EPBI 515 | Secondary Analysis of Large Health Care Data Bases | 3 |
| MPHP 405 | Statistical Methods in Public Health | 3 |
| EECS 435 | Data Mining | 3 |
| EECS 440 | Machine Learning | 3 |
| MATH 441 | Mathematical Modeling | 3 |
| EBME 300/MATH 449 | Dynamics of Biological Systems: A Quantitative Introduction to Biology | 3 |
| MIDS 301 | Introduction to Information: A Systems and Design Approach | 3 |