Degree Requirements

Thesis option	Hours
LS-MBB 5561/LS-MBB 5562 General Biochemistry I and II	8
LS-CBB 5530/LS-CBB 5520 Cell and Molecular Biology I and II	6
LS-MBB 5611-or- LS-CBB 5612 Seminar	1
LS-MBB 5599-or- LS-CBB 5599 Thesis Research	6
Electives	9
Total	30

Elective courses may be selected from the following list or from other alternatives approved by the School of Biological Sciences Graduate Programs Committee: LS-CBB 5505, LS-CBB 5520, LS-CBB 5530, LS-CBB 5566, LS-CBB 5569, LS-CBB 5596, LS-CBB 5597; LS-MBB 5503, LS-MBB 5565, LS-MBB 5567, LS-MBB 5596, LS-MBB 5597. A limited number of credit hours of upper-level undergraduate courses may be allowed.

Students pursuing the thesis option must also satisfactorily complete written and oral thesis exams.

Non-thesis option	Hours
LS-MBB 5561/LS-MBB 5562 General Biochemistry I and II	8
LS-CBB 5530/LS-CBB 5520 Cell and Molecular Biology I and II	6
LS-MBB 5611 -or- LS-CBB 5612 Seminar	1
Electives	15
Total	30

Elective courses may be selected from the following list or from other alternatives approved by the School of Biological Sciences Graduate Programs Committee: LS-CBB 5505, LS-CBB 5520, LS-CBB 5530, LS-CBB 5538, LS-CBB 5566, LS-CBB 5569, LS-CBB 5596, LS-CBB 5597; LS-MBB 5503, LS-MBB 5538, LS-MBB 5565, LS-MBB 5567, LS-MBB 5596, LS-MBB 5597. A limited number of credit hours of upper-level undergraduate courses may be allowed.

The emphasis in bioinformatics is a degree option with specific requirements.

This degree option trains students in the fundamental principles of bioinformatics and prepares them for careers in research, medical and corporate settings. Students will learn how to manage and analyze data stored in databases, become familiar with the various computational tools and techniques available to analyze biological data, become familiar with the types of questions and problems within biology that lend themselves to bioinformatics analysis and gain proficiency with a variety of statistical techniques necessary to analyze genomic, proteomic and integrated biological data sets.

Emphasis requirements, in addition to the specified degree requirements.

Required electives:	Hours
DSOM 5508 Statistical Analysis in Business   -or- MIS 5552 Data Base Management	3
BIOLOGY 5519 Principles of Evolution	3
BIOLOGY 5525 Bioinformatics and Data Analysis	3
Total	9