Required Courses
7 to 8 courses, 20 to 23 credit hours
Human Genetics as learned in the following two courses (or equivalent courses):
Human Genetics 545: Molecular, Cellular, and Organismal Genetics (3)
Human Genetics 546: Genetics in Human Biology and Disease (4)
Prerequisite: Bioinformatics 523, Epidemiology 515, Biology 305, or consent of
instructor.
Statistical reasoning as learned in one of the following pairs of courses or equivalent
courses:
Biostatistics 601: Probability and Distribution Theory (4) + Biostatistics 602: Biostatistical
Inference (4)
Statistics 425: Introduction to Probability (3) + Statistics 426: Introduction to
Theoretical Statistics (3)
Prerequisites: Multivariable calculus and linear algebra.
Statistical human genetics as learned in the following course or equivalent courses:
Biostatistics 666: Statistical Models and Numerical Methods in Human Genetics (3)
Prerequisite: Biostatistics 601, Statistics 425, or equivalent.
Computation in biomedicine as learned in one of the following courses or equivalent
courses:
Bioinformatics 575: Programming Laboratory in Bioinformatics (3)
Biostatistics 615: Statistical Computing (3)
Human Genetics 551: Computational Genomics (3)
Responsible conduct of research as learned in one of the following course(s) or equivalent
courses:
Biostatistics 810: Approaches to the Responsible Practice of Biostatistics (1)
Epidemiology 889: Responsible Conduct of Research and Scholarship (1)
PIBS 503: Research Responsibility and Ethics (1) and
PIBS 504: Rigor, Reproducibility, and Transparency in Research (1)