Program Requirements

View the required and elective courses for the Bioinformatics Master's Degree.

Graduate Certificate Program Requirements for students admitted prior to July 1, 2011

Program Delivery

This program is currently available on campus, with some courses available online. The Bioinformatics program will be available solely online by Fall 2013.

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Program Overview

Watch an in-depth overview of this program (seven minutes, QuickTime required), narrated by Program Chair Daniel Caffrey.

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Guest Speakers

Partners Health Care Center for Personalized Genetic Medicine (PCPGM), located in Cambridge, MA, is utilizing genetics and genomics to improve the care of patients through the promotion and implementation of personalized medicine. The Statistical Genetics course of our Bioinformatics program recently hosted three guest speakers from Partners for an on-campus presentation. Download their March 14, 2013, presentation.

Student Testimonial

"The courses are taught by people who have a clear understanding of the practical needs of bioinformatics and computational biology."

— Alan Derr, Bioinformatics

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Bioinformatics

Bioinformatics is the multidisciplinary and revolutionary field that uses mathematical, statistical and computing methods to solve complex biological problems.

Bioinformatics techniques are used to analyze the vast amounts of data emerging from technology advances in genome sequencing, genome expression, proteomics and other high-throughput experimental methods.

The Bioinformatics program in the Division of Graduate Professional Studies provides students with comprehensive education across the multiple disciplines of bioinformatics and computational biology, enabling them to directly impact biological research and drug discovery at multiple levels of a research organization.

With program prerequisites that are assessed for each student individually, the program prepares students with backgrounds in engineering, computer science, information technology or life science.

Program Outcomes

Graduates with a Master of Science in Bioinformatics are prepared to:

  • Apply a variety of skills to the processing, storage, analysis and modeling of many types of biological data.
  • Provide valuable insights into the understanding of complex biological systems and their quantitative data.
  • Positively impact research projects in the corporate and academic sectors.
  • Effectively communicate and present bioinformatic analysis to multidisciplinary project teams.

Required and Elective Courses