Biotechnology Studies

Graduate School of Management and Technology

Certificate in Bioinformatics

Bioinformatics is a rapidly growing area in the biotechnology industry today. The certificate in Bioinformatics is intended to provide students with a core set of knowledge and skills in bioinformatics.

Students will take the following 5 courses for the certificate:

Total Semester Hours: 12

Students must take the following courses:

• UCSP 611 - Library Skills for the Information Age (0) Must complete with first 6 credits of study.
• BIOT 630 Introduction to Bioinformatics (3)
• BIFS 613 Statistical Processes for Biotechnology (3)
• BIFS 617 Advanced Bioinformatics (3)
• DBST 651 Relational Database Systems (3)
• BIFS 614 Data Structures and Algorithms (3)

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