Bioinformatics Certificate Programs at Ohio University

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Bioinformatics Certificate Programs at Ohio
University
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Undergraduate Certificate
Prerequisites Introductory biology core,
introductory computer science core and calculus
(17 credits)

• I. Biology Requirements (11 cr)
• (choose one from each group)
• A. Genetics
• PBIO 330 Plant Genetics (5) or
• BIOS 325 Genetics (5)
• B. Cell Biology
• PBIO 431 Plant Cell Biology (3) or
• BIOS 320 Cell Biology (4)
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• C. Laboratory practicum
• PBIO 301 Lab CaMPP (3) or
• BIOS 322 Animal Cell Biology Lab (2) or
• BIOS 326 Laboratory Genetics (3)

 II. Statistics (choose one course) (4 cr)
EE 371 Applied Probability/ Statistics for
Electrical Eng. (4) or PSY 221
Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences (5) or
MATH 250 Intro to Probability and Statistics
(4) or PBIO 415 Quantitative Methods in
Plant Biology (4)   III. Computation (take two)
(9-10 cr) CS 300 Introduction to Discrete
Structures (5) and CS 361 Data Structures
(5) or MATH 387 Quantitative Foundations
of Bioinformatics (4) IV. Bioinformatics
Capstone Courses (8 cr) PBIO/CS 416 Problem
Solv. using Bioinfo. Tools (4) and CS 417
Programming in Bioinformatics (4)  
32 credit hours total
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Graduate Certificate
II. Core Computer Science Course (4
cr) (choose one from each group) CS 504 Design
and Analysis of Algorithms (4) or CS 562
Database Systems (4) or CS 512 Parallel
Computing I (4) or CS 641 Medical Image Analysis
(4)   III. Bioinformatics Specialty Courses (12
cr) PBIO/CS 516 Problem Solving/ Bioinformatics
Tools (4) and BME 517 Programming for
Bioinformatics (4) and CS 518 Statistical
Foundations of Bioinformatics (4) and CS 615
Bioinformatics Research Seminar (4)  

• I. Core Biology Requirements (8 cr)
• (choose one from each group)
• A. Biochemistry
• CHEM 589 Basic Biochemistry (5) or
• CHEM 590 General Biochemistry I (4)
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• B. Genetics/Molecular Biology
• MCB 720 Molecular and Cell Biology (4) or
• BIOS 525 Evolutionary Genetics (4) or
• BIOS 526 Molecular Genetics (3) or
• BIOS 527 Mechanisms of Gene Regulation (3) or
• PBIO 580 Molec. Approaches to Systematics,
  Ecology and Evolution (3) or
• PBIO 575 Plant Speciation and Evolution (3) 

28 credit hours total
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Bioinformatics Courses at Ohio University
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PBIO 214A and B Exploring Bioinformatics Seminar

• A 1 credit hour seminar course designed to for
  Freshmen and Sophomores
• What is Bioinformatics?
• Guest Lectures topics in bioinformatics
  (databases, phylogenetics, ecoinformatics, gene
  discovery, math/probability, microarray analysis,
  motif discovery, facility tours)
• Career opportunities in Bioinformatics
• Courses/ programs available
• Research/ internship opportunities
• Professional development

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PBIO 314Special Topics in Bioinformatics

• A 1 credit hour seminar course designed to for
  all students
• Overview of Bioinformatics?
• Individual student projects/literature review
• Career opportunities in Bioinformatics
• Courses/ programs available
• Research/ internship opportunities
• Professional development

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CS/PBIO 4/516Problem Solving using
Bioinformatics Tools

• A 4 credit hour course for seniors/ graduate
  students (available via distance)
• Student work in teams of CS and biologists to
  analyze real world data
• Genomes- data bases model systems
• Gene discovery mutant analysis
• Phylogenetic/phylogeography analysis
• Microarray analysis
• Motif discovery

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Other courses
MATH 387 Quantitative Foundations of
Bioinformatics (4) CS 517 Programming for
Bioinformatics (4) and CS 518 Statistical
Foundations of Bioinformatics (4) and CS 615
Bioinformatics Research Seminar (4) CS 641
Medical Image Analysis (4)