Bioinformatics Master’s Curriculum
The Bioinformatics master’s is a 36 credit hour program.
Plan of Study
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Fall Admissions
Fall Year 1
- INFO B519 Introduction to Bioinformatics
- INFO B573 Programming for Science Informatics
- INFO B627 Seminar in Bioinformatics
Spring Year 1
- INFO B528 Computational Methods for Analyzing High-Throughput Biological Data
- INFO B556 Biological Database Management
- INFO B574 Next-Generation Sequencing Data Analysis
Fall Year 2
- INFO B518 Applied Statistical Methods for Biomedical Informatics
- 2 elective courses
Spring Year 2
- Thesis Track
- INFO B692 Bioinformatics Thesis
- 1 elective course
- Project Track
- INFO B692 Bioinformatics Project
- 2 elective courses
- Non-Thesis or Project Track
- 3 elective courses
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Spring Admissions
Spring Year 1
- INFO B518 Applied Statistical Methods for Biomedical Informatics
- INFO B556 Biological Database Management
- INFO B574 Next-Generation Sequencing Data Analysis
Fall Year 1
- INFO B519 Introduction to Bioinformatics
- INFO B573 Programming for Science Informatics
- INFO B627 Seminar in Bioinformatics
Spring Year 2
Fall Year 2
- Thesis Track
- INFO B692 Bioinformatics Thesis
- 1 elective course
- Project Track
- INFO B692 Bioinformatics Project
- 2 elective courses
- Non-Thesis or Project Track
- 3 elective courses
Program Requirements
Required core courses (15 cr.)
- INFO B519 Introduction to Bioinformatics (3 cr.)
- INFO B528 Computational Methods for Analyzing High-Throughput Biological Data (3 cr.)
- INFO B556 Biological Database Management (3 cr.)
- INFO B573 Programming for Science Informatics (3 cr.)
- INFO B627 Seminar in Bioinformatics (3 cr.)
Advanced core courses (15 cr.)
- INFO B506 Biomedical Informatics
- INFO B518 Applied Statistical Methods for Biomedical Informatics
- INFO B529 Machine Learning in Bioinformatics
- INFO B536 Computational Methods for Biomedical Informatics
- INFO B585 Biomedical Analytics
- INFO B574 Next-Generation Sequencing Data Analysis
- INFO B619 Structural Bioinformatics
- INFO B636 Genomic Data Analytics and Precision Medicine
- INFO B646 Computational System Biology
- INFO B656 Translational Bioinformatics Applications
At most, one of the following courses can be counted as an advanced core course.
- INFO B535 Clinical Information Systems
- INFO B642 Clinical Decision Support Systems
- Other Health Informatics courses (advisor approval required)
Thesis, project, or electives (6 cr.)
Thesis track
- INFO B692 Bioinformatics Thesis (6 cr.)
Project track
- INFO B692 Bioinformatics Project (3 cr.)
- Elective (3 cr.)
Students can take other graduate courses either within or outside the School of Informatics and Computing at IUPUI.
Non-thesis or project track
- Elective (6 cr.)
Students can take other graduate courses either within or outside the School of Informatics and Computing at IUPUI