Bioinformatics Graduate Certificate

Description

The Bioinformatics Graduate Certificate focuses on developing an understanding of techniques for analyzing the vast amount of biological data from recent genomic research to new applications relevant to basic biology.

• Understand the use of different techniques to analyze biological data from high throughput approaches
• Learn how the techniques are used in new applications in biomedicine
• Acquire an understanding of how molecular biology is used to address topics ranging from sequence, structure and function analysis in the context of algorithms, databases and visualization

Who Should Apply

• Professionals who need to acquire knowledge and skills in bioinformatics beyond the undergraduate level
• Health care professionals interested in the implications of how discoveries in genetics and molecular biology have impact on disease
• Biologists who wish to understand the full uses and limitations behind bioinformatics methods and technologies
• Computer scientists who wish to understand how algorithms are applied to biological problems and the limitations on different approaches due to biological constraints

Earning the Certificate

• Tailor the certificate to your interests and career goals
• Begin your certificate any academic quarter that an applicable course is offered, subject to prerequisites
• Take courses for graduate credit and a grade

Requirements

• GPA of 3.0 (B) or better; in each certificate course
• Some courses require permission of instructor