Course Prerequisites

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Course # Title Prerequisites
OBAN 201 Computational Tools OBAN 200
OBAN 202 Data Analytics Foundations and Visualization OBAN 201
RABE 115 Bioprocessing and Manufacturing RABE 105, RABE 110
RABE 125 Bioinformatics and Computational Biology RABE 105, RABE 110
RABE 130 Machine Learning and Drug Development RABE 105, RABE 110
RABE 150 Sustainable Biotechnology RABE 105, RABE 110
RABE 155 Advanced Topics in Immunotherapy RABE 105, RABE 110
RABE 190 Data Communication in Biotech All required courses for the MS in Applied Biotechnology and Enterprise, plus one elective
RADS 105 Statistical Modeling and Causal Inference RADS 100
RADS 110 Machine Learning Engineering and MLOps RADS 100
RADS 115 Data Engineering and Cloud Pipelines RADS 100
RADS 135 Time Series Forecasting and Operational Analytics RADS 100
RADS 140 Generative AI and Large Language Models in Analytics RADS 100
RADS 190 Capstone: Applied Analytics Project All required courses for the MS in Applied Data Science and Decision Analytics
RALD 120 Strategic Implementations of AI in Business RALD 100
RALD 140 Ethical Leadership and AI Governance RALD 100
RALD 160 AI-Driven Decision Making and Innovation RALD 100
RALD 180 Leadership in Industry Student has completed any 8 GPS/Rabb Courses with grade greater than or equal to B-
RALD 190 Industry Leadership Capstone Student has completed any 8 GPS/Rabb Courses with grade greater than or equal to B-
RBIF 100 Bioinformatics Scripting and Databases with Python None
RBIF 101 Structural Bioinformatics

RBIF 102 or recent in-depth experience in biochemistry/molecular biology
RBIF 102

Molecular Biology, Genetics, and Disease

None
RBIF 106 Drug Discovery and Development

RBIF 100, RBIF 101 and RBIF 111
RBIF 108 Computational Systems Biology

RBIF 100 and RBIF 102 OR sufficient equivalent experience
RBIF 109 Biological Sequence Analysis

RBIF 100
RBIF 110

Cheminformatics

RBIF 102 (or recent in-depth experience in biochemistry/molecular biology) and RBIF 101
RBIF 111 Biomedical Statistics with R

RBIF 100
RBIF 112 Mathematical Modeling for Bioinformatics

RBIF 111
RBIF 114 Molecular Profiling and Biomarker Discovery RBIF 100 and RBIF 111
RBIF 115 Statistical Genetics RBIF 111
RBIF 120 Research Topics in Computational Biology Varies by topic
RBIF 121 Research Topics in Computational Biology II RBIF 120
RBIF 125 Bioinformatics Software Engineering and AI/ML RBIF 100, RBIF 111 and RBIF 112
RBIF 290 Special Topics in Bioinformatics Varies by topic
RCOM 202 Communication for Effective Leadership None
RDMD 102 Digital Marketing Strategy None
RDMD 110 Search Engine Marketing and Optimization RDMD 102 or RDMD 130 or equivalent experience
RDMD 120 Writing for Digital Environments RDMD 102 or RDMD 110 or RDMD 130 or equivalent experience
RDMD 130 Multichannel Marketing Campaigns None
RDMD 135 Conversion Rate Optimization RDMD 110
RDMD 150

Multimedia Creation for Campaign Storytelling

RDMD 102 or RDMD 110 or RDMD 130 or equivalent knowledge
RDMD 160

Ethics in Digital Design and Marketing

None
RDMD 290

Special Topics in Digital Design and Marketing

Varies by topic
RHAN 100

Healthcare Database Fundamentals

Enrollment in the Healthcare Analytics Certificate program
RHAN 110

Foundations of Healthcare Analytics 

Enrollment in the Healthcare Analytics Certificate program, RHAN 100
RHAN 120

Data Mining and Visualization in Healthcare 

Enrollment in the Healthcare Analytics Certificate program, RHAN 100, RHAN 110 
RHAN 130

Predictive Modeling in Healthcare 

Enrollment in the Healthcare Analytics Certificate Program, RHAN 100, RHAN 110, RHAN 120
RHIN 105 Health Data Architecture and Interoperability RHIN 115
RHIN 110 Clinical Data Science and Machine Learning RHIN 100
RHIN 125 Project Management in Health Informatics RHIN 100
RHIN 130 Implementation Science and Change Management in Health Systems RHIN 100
RHIN 135 Health Economics and Reimbursement Strategy RHIN 100
RHIN 140 Digital Health Equity and Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) RHIN 100
RHIN 145 Healthcare Cybersecurity and Risk Management

RHIN 100
RHIN 150 Generative AI in Clinical Decision Support RHIN 110
RHIN 190 Capstone: Applied Digital Health Project All required courses for the MS in Health Informatics
RIAS 102 Foundations of Cybersecurity for Software Engineering Professionals None
RIAS 110 Identity Management and Applied Cryptography None
RIAS 120 Securing Applications, Web Services and Software-As-A-Service (SAAS) RSEG 102 or RSEG 105
RIAS 140 Cloud Security None
RIAS 172 Network and Application Security

Background in TCP/IP networking is recommended.
RIOP 115 Assessment, Selection, and Employment Law

RIOP 105
RIOP 125 Organizational Change, Design, and Implementation RIOP 100
RIOP 130 Program Evaluation and Impact Assessment RIOP 105
RIOP 135 Workplace Inclusion and Diversity Strategy RIOP 110 and RIOP 125
RIOP 140 Global Workforce Strategy and Cross-Cultural Leadership RIOP 120 and RIOP 125
RIOP 145 Employee Listening, Insights, and Experience Design RIOP 100 & RIOP 105
RIOP 150 AI and Automation in Talent Strategy RIOP 110
RIOP 190 Capstone: Applied Organizational Consulting Project All required courses for the MS in Industrial-Organizational Psychology and Workforce Analytics
RITM 190 Capstone: Integrated Enterprise Technology Strategy All required courses for the MS in Information Technology Management
RPJM 101 Foundations of Project Management None
RPJM 103 Project Scheduling and Cost Management RPJM 101
RPJM 110 Risk Management in Projects and Programs RPJM 101
RPJM 113 Negotiating and Conflict Resolution None
RPJM 115 Challenges in Project Management

RPJM 101
RPJM 117 Program Management: Theory and Practice RPJM 101
RPJM 118 Procurement and Contract Management

RPJM 101
RPJM 119 The Human Side of Project Leadership

RPJM 101
RPJM 130 Demystifying Agile Project Management

Familiarity with project management concepts is recommended.
RPJM 135 Agile Tools and Techniques

RPJM 101 and RPJM 130
RPJM 190 Capstone

All required courses in the MS in Project and Program Management.
RPJM 290 Special Topics for Project Management

Varies by topic
RSAN 101 Foundations of Data Science and Analytics None

RSAN 110

 Business Intelligence and Strategic IT Leadership None
RSAN 120 Statistics and Data Analysis RSAN 101
RSAN 130

Data Visualization for Strategic Analytics

 RSAN 101 or RSAN 110
RSAN 140 Marketing and Customer Analytics None
RSAN 150 Data Governance RSAN 101 or RSAN 110
RSAN 160 Predictive Analytics and Machine Learning RSAN 101 AND RSAN 120
RSAN 175 Analytics Strategy and Management RSAN 101 and RSAN 110 OR RSAN 150
RSAN 177 Data Security, Privacy and Ethics RSAN 101 AND RSAN 150
RSAN 190 Project Management for Analytics RSAN 101 or RSAN 110
RSAN 290 Special Topics in Strategic Analytics Varies by topic
RSEG 102 Software Development in Java Undergraduate introductory course in Java or C++ or equivalent programming experience.
RSEG 103 Software Development in C++ Undergraduate introductory course in Java or C++ or equivalent programming experience.
RSEG 105 Expert Software Development in Java RSEG 102 or at least one year of professional Java development
RSEG 109 Object-Oriented Design with UML RSEG 105 or RSEG 102 or RSEG 103 or RSEG 180 or equivalent experience
RSEG 120 Software Development Methodologies None
RSEG 126 Release Control and Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (DevOps) RSEG 120 and programming experience: RSEG 102 or RSEG 105 or equivalent experience
RSEG 127 Software Engineering Studio RSEG 120, RSEG 105, RSEG 109, RSEG 131, RSEG 126
RSEG 128 User Interface Design RSEG 120 or equivalent experience
RSEG 131 Software Testing Techniques RSEG 120 or equivalent experience. RSEG 102, RSEG 105, or current professional experience with Java.
RSEG 155 Functional Programming with Java and Scala RSEG 102 or RSEG 105 or at least one year of professional Java programming
RSEG 161 Web Development Technologies RSEG 102 or RSEG 105 or equivalent experience
RSEG 165 Design Patterns RSEG 105 or RSEG 103 or RSEG 102 or RSEG 109 or equivalent experience
RSEG 167 Cloud Architecture and Development with Microservices RSEG 105 or at least one year of professional Spring and/or Microservices development.
RSEG 170 Database Management SQL Programming experience
RSEG 181 Agile Transformation for Software Development

RSEG 120 or equivalent experience
RSEG 290 Special Topics in Software Engineering

Varies by topic
RUCD 101 User Experience Design

None
RUCD 120 Human Factors Psychology

None
RUCD 130 Information Architecture

None

RUCD 140

 User Research Methods

RUCD 101

RUCD 145

 Contextual Research

RUCD 101 and RUCD 140 OR permission of program chair and primary instructor
RUCD 150 Design Ideation and Prototyping

RUCD 101 and RUCD 120
RUCD 160 Information Visualization RUCD 120, RUCD 130
RUCD 165 Survey Design and Analysis RUCD 101 and RUCD 140 OR permission of program chair and primary instructor
RUCD 170 Design Operation and Leadership RUCD 140
RUCD 175 Inclusive Design & Digital Accessibility RUCD 120 OR permission of program chair (for UCD MS students only)
RUCD 190 Capstone in User-Centered Design

All required courses in the MS in User-Centered Design program.
RUCD 290 Special Topics in User-Centered Design Varies by topic
RUCD 292 Internship in User-Centered Design All required courses in the MS in User-Centered Design program except RUCD 190.