Genomics, Phenomics, and Bioinformatics Master's
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| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Functional Genomics - Thesis Option | ||
| Core Courses | ||
| PLSC 611 | Genomics | 3 |
| CSCI/MATH/STAT 732 | Introduction to Bioinformatics | 3 |
| PLSC 721 | Genomics Techniques ( BIOC 674 is 3 credits) | 2 |
| or BIOC 674 | Methods of Recombinant DNA Technology | |
| 796 Current Topics in Genomics (1 credit, 2 semesters) | 2 | |
| 790 Graduate Seminar | 1 | |
| Electives: At least one course from two elective areas | 9 | |
| 798 Master's Thesis (6-10) | ||
| Total Credits | 30 | |
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Functional Genomics Comprehensive Study Option | ||
| PLSC 611 | Genomics | 3 |
| CSCI 732 | Introduction to Bioinformatics | 3 |
| PLSC 721 | Genomics Techniques ( or) | 2 |
| BIOC 674 | Methods of Recombinant DNA Technology | 3 |
| 796 Current Topics (1 credit, 2 semesters) | 2 | |
| 790 Graduate Seminar | 1 | |
| Electives: At least one course from two elective areas | ||
| 797 Master's Paper | 4 | |
| Total Credits | 30 | |
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Bioinformatics - Thesis Option | ||
| PLSC 611 | Genomics | 3 |
| CSCI 732 | Introduction to Bioinformatics | 3 |
| CSCI 859 | Computational Methods in Bioinformatics | 3 |
| 796 Current Topics ( 1 credit, two semesters) | 2 | |
| 790 Graduate Seminar | 1 | |
| Electives: At least one course from two elective areas | 9 | |
| 798 Master's Thesis | 6-10 | |
| Total Credits | 30 | |
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Bioinformatics Comprehensive Study Option | ||
| PLSC 611 | Genomics | 3 |
| CSCI 732 | Introduction to Bioinformatics | 3 |
| CSCI 859 | Computational Methods in Bioinformatics | 3 |
| 796 Current Topics (1 credit, 2 semesters) | 2 | |
| 790 Graduate Seminar | 1 | |
| Electives: At least one course from two elective areas | 15 | |
| 797 Master's Paper | 4 | |
| Total Credits | 30 | |
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Phenomics Thesis Option | ||
| CSCI 679 | Introduction to Data Mining | 3 |
| ABEN 747 | Numerical Modeling of Environmental and Biological Systems | 3 |
| Physiology Elective | 3 | |
| 796 Special Topics (1 credit, 2 semesters) | 2 | |
| 790 Graduate Seminar | 1 | |
| Electives: At least one course from two elective areas | 9 | |
| 798 Master's Thesis | 6-10 | |
| Total Credits | 30 | |
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Physiology Electives | ||
| ANSC 663 | Physiology of Reproduction | 3 |
| BIOL 660 | Animal Physiology | 3 |
| BIOL 662 | Physiological Ecology | 3 |
| BIOL 664 | Endocrinology | 3 |
| BIOL 683 | Cellular Mechanisms of Disease | 3 |
| BIOL 825 | 3 | |
| BIOL 861 | Advanced Physiology - Physiology of Extremes | 3 |
| MICR 650 | 3 | |
| MICR 680 | Microbial Physiology | 3 |
| PPTH 751 | Physiology Of Plant Disease | 3 |
| PLSC 686 | Applied Crop Physiology | 3 |
| PLSC 750 | Crop Stress Physiology | 3 |
| PSCI 747 | Cardiovascular Pharmacology | 3 |
| PSCI 762 | Advanced Biopharmaceutics | 2 |
| PSCI 765 | Cancer Cell Biology | 2 |
| Gene Expression | ||
| BIOC 660 | Foundations of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology I | 3 |
| BIOC 683 | Cellular Signal Transduction Processes and Metabolic Regulation | 3 |
| BIOC 719 | Molecular Biology of Gene Expression and Regulation | 3 |
| BIOC 723 | Structural Basis of Membrane Transport and Signaling | 3 |
| BIOL 682 | Developmental Biology | 3 |
| BIOL 820 | Advanced Cell Biology | 3 |
| MICR 775 | 3 | |
| PLSC 731 | Plant Molecular Genetics | 3 |
| Genetics and Genomics Electives | ||
| ANSC 657 | 3 | |
| ANSC 750 | 1 | |
| ANSC 751 | Quantitative Genetics I | 1 |
| ANSC 752 | Quantitative Genetics II | 1 |
| BIOL 679 | Biomedical Genetics and Genomics | 3 |
| BIOL 859 | Evolution | 3 |
| BIOL 860 | Evolutionary Ecology | 3 |
| BIOL 862 | Environment and Adaptation | 3 |
| MICR 681 | Microbial Genomics with Computational Laboratory | 3 |
| MICR 682 | Microbial Genetics | 3 |
| MICR 783 | 3 | |
| PLSC 631 | Intermediate Genetics (required for Functional Genomics Option) | 3 |
| PLSC 741 | 4 | |
| PLSC 751 | Advanced Plant Genetics | 3 |
| PLSC 782 | Population and Quantitative Genetics | 4 |
| PPTH 755 | 3 | |
| PPTH 759 | Host-Parasite Genetics | 3 |
| PSCI 617 | Pharmacogenomics | 2 |
| Computer Science, Statistics, and Computational Biology Electives | ||
| ANSC 850 | 1 | |
| ANSC 851 | 1 | |
| ANSC 852 | 1 | |
| ANSC 856 | 1 | |
| BIOL 842 | Quantitative Biology | 3 |
| BIOL 877 | 3 | |
| CSCI 679 | Introduction to Data Mining | 3 |
| CSCI 724 | Survey of Artificial Intelligence | 3 |
| CSCI 736 | Computational Intelligence | 3 |
| CSCI 765 | Introduction to Database Systems | 3 |
| CSCI 879 | 3 | |
| MATH 630 | Graph Theory | 3 |
| MATH 636 | Combinatorics | 3 |
| MATH 684 | Mathematical Methods of Biological Processes | 3 |
| MATH 830 | Graph Theory | 3 |
| MATH 839 | Topics in Combinatorics and Discrete Mathematics | 3 |
| MATH 867 | Topics in Applied Mathematics | 3 |
| MICR 724 | 3 | |
| PLSC 749 | Applied Plant Molecular Breeding | 3 |
| PH 674 | Epidemiology | 3 |
| PH 706 | Essentials of Epidemiology | 3 |
| PH 731 | Biostatistics | 3 |
| PH 750 | Epidemiologic Methods I | 2 |
| PH 752 | Epidemiologic Methods II | 2 |
| PLSC 724 | Field Design I | 3 |
| STAT 650 | Stochastic Processes | 3 |
| STAT 661 | Applied Regression Models (required for Bioinformatics Ph.D. option) | 3 |
| STAT 711 | Basic Computational Statistics using R | 3 |
| STAT 712 | Applied Statistical Machine Learning | 3 |
| STAT 713 | Introduction to Data Science | 3 |
| STAT 714 | Statistical Big Data Visualization | 3 |
| STAT 725 | Applied Statistics | 3 |
| STAT 764 | Multivariate Methods | 3 |
| STAT 840 | Introduction to Statistical Design and Analysis of Gene Expression Experiments | 3 |
| STAT 851 | Bayesian Statistical Inference | 3 |
| STAT 860 | Statistical Machine Learning | 3 |
| Modeling and Sensing Electives | ||
| ABEN 747 | Numerical Modeling of Environmental and Biological Systems | 3 |
| ABEN 758 | Applied Computer Imaging and Sensing for Biosystems | 3 |
| CE 725 | Biomaterials-Materials in Biomedical Engineering | 3 |
| CSCI 628 | Artificial Intelligence, Ethics, and the Environment | 3 |
| GEOG 655 | Introduction to Geographic Information Systems | 4 |
| GEOG 656 | Advanced Geographic Information Systems | 3 |
| GEOG 670 | Remote Sensing | 3 |
| GEOG 680 | Geographic Information Systems Pattern Analysis and Modeling | 3 |
| PAG 654 | Applications of Precision Agriculture | 3 |
Admission and Application Requirements
- Graduate School admission and application requirements are found on the Admission Information page.
- In addition, this program requires the following for the Functional Genomics track:
- a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree with an introductory biology class emphasizing molecular biology; with courses in genetics, physiology, biochemistry; an upper-division statistics class.
- A minimum undergraduate GPA of 3.0.
- The following for the Bioinformatics and Phenomics tracks:
- a B.S. degree with an introductory biology class emphasizing molecular biology; with courses in calculus, upper-division statistics class, calculus or matrix algebra, and programming language experience.
- A minimum undergraduate GPA of 3.0.
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Students can be accepted conditionally into any track without meeting the course or GPA requirements, but will be required to meet those requirements while in residency.