Example Courses in the Three Course Areas
Courses in Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
CBB students are required to take CBB 752, CBB 750, and CBB 740, unless they have taken equivalent graduate courses in their previous education.
- CBB 752b Bioinformatics Simulation and Data (spring term in 2009-2010)
- CBB 750a Core Topics in Biomedical Informatics (fall term in 2009-2010)
- CBB 740a Clinical and Translational Informatics
- CBB 645b Statistical Methods in Genetics and Bioinformatics
- CHEM 526b 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
- GENE 625a Basic Concepts: Genetics Analysis
- GENE 777b Mechanisms of Development
- IBIO 530a Biology of Immune System
- MBB 600a Principles of Biochemistry I
- MBB 743b Advanced Eukaryotic Molecular Biology
- MCDB 505a Molecular Genetics of Prokaryotes
- MCDB 570b Biotechnology
- PATH 650b Cellular and Molecular Biology of Cancer
- 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 545b 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
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 610a Statistical Inference
- STAT 612a Linear Models
- STAT 661a Data Analysis
- STAT 665b Statistical Machine Learning
- BIS 623a Applied Regression Analysis
Research Ethics Courses
- MB&B 676b Responsible Conduct of Research
