Advanced Certificate in Bioinformatics
4-Course Professional Development Certificate
About the Program
The certificate in bioinformatics program emphasizes a systems engineering approach to provide a foundation in systems biology and pathology informatics. Students are provided with hands-on experience in the application of genomic, proteomic, and other large-scale information to biomedical engineering as well as experience in advanced computational methods used in systems biology: pathway and circuitry, feedback and control, machine learning, and biostatistics.
Certificate Type: Post-Baccalaureate
Number of Credits to Completion: 14.0 – 17.0
Expected Time to Completion: 1 year
Required Courses
The list of required courses and course-specific information is available in the course catalog.
| BMES 546 |
Biocomputational Languages |
4.0 Credits |
| or BMES 550 |
Advanced Biocomputational Languages |
4.0 Credits |
| BMES 544 |
Genome Information Engineering |
4.0 Credits |
| Select Two of the Following Electives |
6.0–9.0 |
| BMES 543 |
Quantitative Systems Biology |
| BMES 548 |
Structural Bioinformatics and Drug Design |
| BMES 547 |
Machine Learning in Biomedical Applications |
| BMES 545 |
Biosystems Modeling |
| BMES 549 |
Genomic and Sequencing Technologies |
| BMES 551 |
Biomedical Signal Processing |
| BMES 604 |
Pharmacogenomics |
In addition to this certificate, we offer a Master's of Science (MS) in Bioinformatics degree.