Example Courses in the Three Course Areas
Courses in Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Beginning with the class which enters in the fall of 2008, CBB students will be required to take CBB 752a/b, CBB 750a/b, and CBB 740a, unless they have taken equivalent graduate courses in their previous education. Students entering prior to 2008 may take any three of the following five courses.
- CBB 752b Genomics and Bioinformatics (spring term in 2008-2009)
- CBB 750a Core Topics in Biomedical Informatics (fall term in 2008-2009)
- CBB 740a Clinical and Translational Informatics
- CBB 645b Statistical Methods in Genetics and Bioinformatics
- CHEM 526a Computational Chemistry and Biochemistry
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 recent CBB graduate students have taken include the following:
- CBIO 602a Molecular Cell Biology
- EEB 620b Conservation Genetics
- GENE 625a Basic Concepts: Genetics Analysis
- GENE 777b Mechanisms of Development
- IBIO 530a Biology of Immune System
- MBB 600a Biochemistry I
- MBB 443b Molecular Genetics of Eukaryotes
- MCDB 570b Biotechnology
- PATH 650b Cellular & Molecular Biology of Cancer
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 545b Data Mining
- CPSC 570a Artificial Intelligence
- CPCS 577a Neural Networks for Computing
Statistics Courses
For CBB students, the following two course sequence has been popular:
- STAT 538a Probability and Statistics for Scientists
- STAT 645b Statistical Methods in Genetics and Bioinformatics
STAT 538a combines the material from two courses for statistics graduate students (STAT 541a Probability Theory and STAT 610a Statistical Inference). It was developed for CBB students to provide the necessary background for STAT 645b (which can count either as a CBB course or as an informatics course).
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 661a Data Analysis
- STAT 665b Data Mining and Machine Learning
Research Ethics Courses
- MB&B 676b Responsible Conduct of Research
- GENE 520 Scientific Intergrity in Biomedical Research
