Example Courses in the Three Course Areas
Students may be able to waive some course requirements based on graduate coursework completed at other universities where they have been enrolled as a graduate student. Courses must be equivalent to Yale graduate courses, and the Graduate School usually sets a maximum limit of three courses that can waived.
Courses in Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
CBB students are required to take the following 3 CBB core courses: CBB 752, CBB 740, and either CBB 750 or CBB 561.
- CBB 752b Bioinformatics Simulation and Data
- CBB 750b Core Topics in Biomedical Informatics (not given in 2011-12)
- CBB 740a Clinical and Translational Informatics
- CBB 561b Systems Modeling in Biology
- CBB 645b Statistical Methods in Genetics and Bioinformatics
- CHEM 526b Computational Chemistry and Biochemistry (not given in 2011-12)
Courses in Biological Sciences
Courses are available in many departments, including Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Genetics, and Cell Biology. Courses that CBB graduate students have taken in recent years include the following. (Not all courses are offered every year.)
- CBIO 602a Molecular Cell Biology
- GENE 625a Basic Concepts: Genetics Analysis
- GENE 777b Mechanisms of Development
- IBIO 530a Biology of Immune System
- MBB 523a Biological Physics
- MBB 600a Principles of Biochemistry I
- MBB 602a Molecular Cell Biology
- MBB 743b Advanced Eukaryotic Molecular Biology
- MCDB 505a Molecular Genetics of Prokaryotes
- MCDB 570b Biotechnology
- PATH 650b Cellular and Molecular Biology of Cancer
- PATH 690a Molecular Mechanisms of Disease
- EEB 525b Evolutionary Biology
- MCDB 561b Systems Modeling in Biology
Courses in Informatics
Computer Science and Related Courses
Courses are available in Computer Science and other departments. Example courses that CBB graduate students might take include the following:
- CPSC 524b Parallel Programming Techniques
- CPSC 537a Introduction to Databases
- CPSC 545a Data Mining
- CPSC 570a Artificial Intelligence
- CPCS 577a Neural Networks for Computing
Statistics Courses
Many CBB students have taken the following statistics courses:
- STAT 538a Probability and Statistics for Scientists
- STAT 645b Statistical Methods in Genetics and Bioinformatics
- STAT 660b Multivariate Statistical Methods
CBB students have also enrolled in the following statistics courses:
- STAT 530b Introductory Data Analysis
- STAT 541a Probability Theory
- STAT 542b Theory of Statistics
- STAT 551b Stochastic Processes
- STAT 610a Statistical Inference
- STAT 612a Linear Models
- STAT 661a Data Analysis
- STAT 665b Data Mining and Machine Learning
- BIS 623a Applied Regression Analysis
Research Ethics Courses
- MB&B 676b Responsible Conduct of Research
