Master of Science in Bioinformatics
This is a three-semester, focused professional master's degree program combining 36 credit hours of courses in computer science, advanced molecular biology and biochemistry, statistics, and bioinformatics. A full-time summer internship in a corporate or academic bioinformatics group is an essential part of the curriculum. With input and assistance from corporate partners, the program is geared to training and placing graduates into lucrative jobs in the high-demand specialty field of bioinformatics. More information is available from the graduate coordinator of the M.S. Bioinformatics program.
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Core Coures 1 | ||
| BIOL 6150 | Genomics and Applied Bioinformatics | 3 |
| BIOL 7200 | Programming for Bioinformatics | 3 |
| BIOL 7210 | Computational Genomics | 3 |
| CS 4400 | Introduction to Database Systems | 3 |
| CX 4803 | Special Topics in Computational Science and Engineering (Machine Learning in Computational Biology) | 3 |
| Statistics Requirement | 3 | |
| Experimental Design and Statistical Methods in Biological Sciences | ||
| Introduction to Probability and Statistics | ||
| Capstone | 3 | |
| Human Evolutionary Genomics | ||
| Special Topics (Applied Human Computational Genomics) | ||
| Special Problems 3 | ||
| Environmental Microbial Genomics | ||
| Data and Visual Analytics | ||
| Bioinformatics Electives 2 | 15 | |
| Total Credit Hours | 36 | |
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Substitution for any of the courses must be approved by program director
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Students may choose from a wide range of graduate courses in Biology, Biomedical Engineering, Computer Sciences, Computational Sciences and Engineering, Chemistry, Industrial and Systems Engineering, and Mathematics. For a full list of recommended electives, please see: https://bioinformatics.gatech.edu/recommended-courses.
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3rd semester of research in same lab, totaling 9 or more credit hours