Masters Program
Masters Program

Translational Bioinformatics

Master's Program

Translational Bioinformatics Emphasis

This specialization emphasizes applications to health, especially genomics and precision medicine. Graduates of this emphasis will be skilled in developing and applying genomic tools. This emphasis is NOT available as a traditional online program.

Best suited for computer scientists and biologists.

Program of Study

Translational Bioinformatics Emphasis

YEAR 1

Fall Semester (7.5 credits)

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 (10.5 credits)

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)

Summer Semester (3-4 credits)

BMI 7902 - **BMI Practicum (3-4)

Elective & Practicum

*Elective 

Elective (1.5+ credits) - Select One: complete Year 2, Fall or Spring

  • MDCRC 6150 - Foundations in Personalized Health Care (2, Fall)
  • MDCRC 6420/HGEN 6421 - Genetics of Complex Disease (1.5, Spring)
  • BMI 6060 - Computational Genomics (3, Fall Odd Years)
  • Other relevant course (TBD, MS Program approval required)

**Practicum

BMI 7902 - BMI Practicum (3 or 4) must be completed before the Capstone presentation. Can enroll starting Year 1, Spring so long as BMI 6120 is concurrently taken. 

YEAR 2 

Fall Semester (5-6.5 credits)

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

BMI 6810 - DBMI Business Seminar (0.5)

Data Visualization (1.5-3 CH) - Select One: 

  • IS 6491 - Data Visualization (1.5)
  • CS 6630 - Visualization for Data Scientists (3)
  • COMP 5190 - Foundation of Data Analysis (3)
  • SIME 6000 - Analytics for Systems Management (3)

Spring Semester (6.5+ credits)

BMI 6021 - RNA-seq in Computational Analysis (2)

BMI 6305 - Principles of Leadership (1.5)

BMI 6810 - DBMI Business Seminar (0.5)

BMI 6975 - Capstone Project MS (1)

Elective - **See Options (1.5 - 3 credits)

COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
COURSE SCHEDULES

Interested in learning more about the MS Program?

Contact the MS Program Director if you have any questions or you would like to schedule an appointment with them.

MS Fall Application Deadline

February 15th

Program decisions are typically delivered
6-8 weeks after the submission deadline.

Master’s Application Information

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