Program in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
Graduate Student Course Progression Worksheet
Complete in triplicate. Copy 1: Student, 2: Faculty Advisor, 3: Program Director
Student:
Home Program of Student:
Faculty Advisor:
PREREQUISITES
Course
BIOL/CHEM 130
BIOS 150
BMME 151
COMP 121
MATH 81
Subject
Biochemistry
Probability and Statistics
Molecular/Cellular Biology
Data Structures/Algorithms
Discrete Mathematics
Equivalent Credit
OR Semester Enrolled
REQUIRED CORE COURSES
(each is 1 credit hour)
PBCB 201 Information Theory, Artificial Intelligence and Software Engineering in BCB
PBCB 202 Applied Methods in Sequence Analysis and Molecular Evolution
PBCB 203 Computational Analysis of Protein Structure and Function
PBCB 204 Databases, Metadata, Ontologies and Digital Libraries for Biological Science
PBCB 205 Data Mining and Clustering of Biological Information
PBCB 206 Biostatistics in BCB
PBCB 207 Mathematical and Computational Approaches to Metabolic and Cell Modelling
201
202
203
204
205
206
207
Semester
Enrolled
PBCB 310 Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Colloquium (4 semesters required)
310
310
310
310
Semester
Enrolled
Course Number
PBCB 290
OPTIONAL CORE COURSE
Coursed Name
Applied Optimization in
Computation Biology (1 cr)
Semester(s) Enrolled
REQUIRED UPPER LEVEL ELECTIVES
Course Number
Course Name
Semester Enrolled
Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
Graduate Student Research Progression Worksheet
Complete in triplicate. Copy 1: Student, 2: Faculty Advisor, 3: Program Director
ROTATION INTERVIEWS
Five interviews with BCB faculty are required.
Faculty
Date
ROTATIONS
At least two 12-week or longer research rotations (10-15 hours/week) with BCB faculty
members are required, results must be presented publicly and the BCB rotation advisor
should submit an evaluation report to the Program Director.
Rotation Advisor
Project Title
Start
Date
End
Date
Presentation
Venue
Evaluation
Received
RESEARCH ADVISOR/FUNDING SPONSOR
A BCB faculty research advisor or funding sponsor must be identified by July 1st
prior to the student’s 2nd year.
Research/Funding Sponsor
Offer Letter Received