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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: 15

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)

Note: Some certificate programs were updated beginning with the fall 2007 semester. If you began the program prior to fall 2007 and have chosen to follow your original, pre-fall 2007 requirements, you should use the pre-fall 2007 certificate Study Plan for this degree.