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Master's Program

Translational Bioinformatics Track

This track emphasizes applications to health, especially genomics and precision medicine. Graduates of this track will be skilled in developing and applying genomic tools. This track is NOT available online.

Best suited for computer scientists and biologists.

Program of Study

Translational Bioinformatics Track

YEAR 1

Fall Semester 

BMI 6018 - Intro to Program for Biomed Data Science (3)

BMI 6030 - Foundations of Bioinformatics (2)

BMI 6203 - Clinical Database Design (2)

BMI 6810 - DBMI Business Seminar (0.5)

Spring Semester

BMI 6016 - Biomedical Data Wrangling & Quality (2)

BMI 6106 - Intro to Prob & Stats for Biomed Data Science (3)  

BMI 6120 - Standards in Biomedical Informatics (2)

BMI 6810 - DBMI Business Seminar (0.5)

COMP 5360 - Intro to Data Science (3)

YEAR 2 

Note: BMI 7902 - BMI Practicum must be completed at 3 or 4 credits, and completed before the Capstone presentation.

Fall Semester 

BMI 6015 - Applied Machine Learning in Biomed Informatics (3) 

BMI 6810 - DBMI Business Seminar (0.5)

COMP 5960 - Applied Data Visualization (3; Preferred)

-OR- 

CS 6630 - Visualization for Data Science (3)

Spring Semester

BMI #### - To Be Announced (2)

BMI 6305 - Principles of Leadership (1.5)

BMI 6810 - DBMI Business Seminar (0.5)

BMI 6975 - Non-Thesis Capstone Project: MS (1)

Elective - 1 (at or above 1.5 cr) of the following: MDCRC 6150 - Foundations in Personalized Health Care (2); MDCRC 6420/HGEN 6421 - Genetics of Complex Disease (1.5); BMI 6060 - Computational Genomics (3); or other relevant courses.

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MS Fall Application Deadline

February 15th

Decisions are typically delivered within
4-6 weeks after the submission deadline.

Master’s Application Information

Biomedical Informatics at the University of Utah