Curriculum
The basic structure for the 20 course requirements is a 7 — 5 — 8 pattern. Seven courses are required — details are given below. Students must take at least five additional courses, chosen after consultation with the Curriculum and Advising Committee. These five additional courses can be chosen from among required courses. Up to eight credit units may be taken with rotations, independent studies, etc. Students must take at least three rotations, again chosen after consultation with the Curriculum and Advising Committee.
Students who have previously taken any of the required courses listed below, or a course deemed by the Curriculum and Advising Committee to be equivalent to any required couse listed below, may substitute a "higher level" course in the same area with the agreement of the Curriculum and Advising Committee.
Each student is to decide whether he/she is in the experimental or the computational concentration of the program. Course requirements are different for the two concentrations.
Students may petition the Curriculum and Advising Committee to allow minor variations to the course requirements listed below.
Required courses for experimental concentration
Course Number |
Course Name |
Semester |
GCB 537 |
Introduction to Genome Science |
Fall |
One of the following courses: |
BMB 508 |
Macromolecules/Biophysics |
Spring |
BIOM 555 |
Control of Gene Expression |
Spring |
BIOM 600 |
Cell Biology and Biochemistry |
Fall |
— |
GCB 536 |
Computational Biology |
Spring |
Two of the following courses: |
CIT 591 |
Programming Languages and Techniques I |
Fall |
CIT 592 |
Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science |
Fall |
CIT 594 |
Programming Languages and Techniques II |
Spring |
CIT 550 |
Database and Information Systems |
Fall |
— |
CAMB 550 |
Genetic Principles |
Spring |
BIOL 446 |
Statistics for Biologists |
Fall |
Required courses for computational concentration
Course Number |
Course Name |
Semester |
GCB 531 |
Introduction to Genome Science |
Fall |
Two of the following courses: |
CIS 500 |
Software Foundations |
Fall |
CIS 520 |
Introduction to Artificial Intelligence |
Fall |
CIS 502 |
Analysis of Algorithms |
Fall or Spring |
CIS 511 |
Theory of Computation |
Fall or Spring |
CIS 550 |
Database and Information Systems, or any 600-level CIS courses |
Fall |
— |
BIOL 537/CIS 635 |
Advanced Computational Biology |
Fall |
BIOL 556 |
Advanced Statistics, or a suitable alternative |
Spring |
Two of the following courses: |
BIOL 527 |
Molecular Biology and Genetics |
Spring |
CAMB 480 |
Advanced Cell Biology |
|
BMB 508 |
Macromolecules/Biophysics |
Spring |
BIOM 555 |
Control of Gene Expression |
Spring |
BIOM 600 |
Cell Biology and Biochemistry |
Fall |
CAMB 539 |
Prokaryotic Molecular Genetics |
Fall |
CAMB 550 |
Genetic Principles |
Spring |