Date Compiled: June 2003
Institution |
Host Department |
Degrees Granted |
Degree Requirements |
Research Interests |
The Sloan Foundation of Computational
Biosciences in the Department of Life Sciences |
Professional MS |
30 credit hours of courses, 6 credits of
internship, and 6 credit hours of professional development. 42 credit hours
total. |
Mathematical biology, cell biotechnology,
protein structure and enzyme kinetics |
|
Department of Bioinformatics |
MS, PhD |
MS: 32 credits required and internship. PhD:
64 credits required and exam |
System biology, microarray analysis, genomics |
|
Office of Continuing Studies |
MS Software Engineering/ Bioinformatics Dual
Degree; Graduate Certificate in Bioinformatics |
MS: 3 core courses, with 7 electives chosen
from a list. 45 credits total. Certificate: 1 core course (Statistics), and 4
electives chosen from a list |
Computational biology, protein folding,
protein mass spectrometry |
|
Department of Computer Science |
BS |
37 courses (128 credits) required. Full
undergraduate curriculum. |
No information available on specific research
interests |
|
Department of Biological Sciences |
BS Minor |
Biology, Genetics, Evolution, Biostatistics, 2
courses in Bioinformatics |
Rare plants, invertebrate neurophysiology,
viral genetics |
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Department of Biomedical Informatics |
BA, MA (applied), MA (research), PhD |
MS (applied): 30 credits required, MS
(research): Previous PhD and 30 credits, PhD: 60 credits required |
Standards for encoding and sharing clinical
guidelines, diabetes informatics, clinical data mining |
|
Department of Computer Sciences |
MS in Computer Science w/Specialization |
15 credits of required CS classes, 9
electives, and option of thesis |
Bioinformatics and pattern discovery, primer
design, protein motif mining |
|
Divisions of Biological and Health Sciences in
conjunction with the Computer Technology and Information System |
Associate Degree; Career Certification |
53 credits for Associate Degree, 49 for
Certificate |
No information available on specific research
interests |
|
School of Computational Sciences |
MS, PhD |
MS: 31 credit hours with master's thesis. PhD:
72 credits total, 48 course credits and 24 credits of thesis research. |
Computational neuroscience, biomedical
genomics, data mining, human genetic variation |
|
Multiple participating departments |
BS in Computer Science or Biology w/
concentration in Bioinformatics or Dual BA in CS and Biology, MS in Genomics
and Bioinformatics with tracks in Biology or CS |
BS: 130 credit hours required along prescribed
curriculum, Dual BA: 132 credit hours required Biology MS: non-thesis option,
35 credits required with a final project. Thesis option: 32 credits plus
thesis. CS MS: 38 credits required. |
Phylogenetics, information systems, genomics
and proteomics of HIV and cardiovascular disease |
|
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MS, PhD in Biology w/Specialization and PhD in
Bioinformatics |
37 credits, three semesters of specific
courses in biology, mathematics, computer programming, and chemistry. |
Protein structure analysis, molecular genetic
databases, x-ray crystallography |
|
Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and
Technology |
MS Medical Informatics |
Core courses and thesis requirement |
Information processing in medicine |
|
Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and
Technology's Program of Medical Engineering and Medical Physics |
PhD |
Core courses and thesis requirement,
interdisciplinary courses among both schools. |
No information available on specific research
interests |
|
Department of Informatics |
MS |
9 core credit hours and then 21 credit hours
of electives, with 6 credit hours of work on thesis. |
Intelligent systems, neural networks,
bioinformatics, gene regulation |
|
Program in Bioinformatics and Computational
Biology with multiple participating departments |
MS, PhD |
MS: 30 credits required with core and advanced
requirements, PhD: 72 credits are required |
Intelligent searching, data warehouses,
analytical tools, high performance computing in genomics |
|
N/A |
Professional Masters of Bioscience |
Two academic years of work, with internship
over the summer and master's paper |
Recombinant protein expression, biomaterials,
molecular computation |
|
Mult. Depts.: Mathematics, Statistics and
Biology et al. (MU), Bioinformatic and Biomedical Research (UWM) |
MS |
Thesis: 24 credit hours required plus thesis.
Non-thesis: 36 credit hours. Core courses required for both options. |
Development of systems to aid in the genomics,
proteomic research. |
|
Department of Biometry and Epidemiology |
PhD track |
7 core courses with electives beyond that. Lab
rotations strongly encouraged. |
Computational science systems for analysis of
biological data, protein interactions |
|
Program in Genomic Science |
MS (non-thesis), PhD, |
MS: 33 credit hours, core courses with oral
exam, non-thesis degree. PhD: 72 credit hours and thesis. |
Statistical genetics, molecular sequence
analysis, genetic mapping |
|
Mult. Depts: Department of Biology's Program
in Bioinformatics et al. |
MS |
32 credits required. Core courses with
electives, internship required. |
No information available on specific research
interests |
|
Department of Biological Sciences |
MS Specialization, Certification |
30 credits required for MS with
specialization, 16-17 required for certificate |
Arabidopsis BLAST searches, enzyme rate
studies, similarity matrices |
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Biophysics Program's Division of Computational
Biology and Molecular Biophysics |
PhD |
Programs are highly individual and are worked
out with your advisor. Thesis defense is required for completion of degree. |
Assembly and function of protein complexes,
neural networks, function of solute transporters. |
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Department of Medical Informatics and Clinical
Epidemiology |
All degrees in Medical Informatics: MS
(research) and MS (professional) currently available, PhD program beginning
Fall 2004; Graduate Certificate |
MS research: 60 credit hours required. MS
professional: 52 credit hours. Six credit on-campus requirement. Certificate:
Eight courses required. |
Mapping human genes, impact of computers on
health informatics |
|
School of Science's Department of Applied
Science and Biology |
BS, MS in Applied Science w/Concentration in
Bioinformatics, PhD in Biology w/Concentration in Bioinformatics |
Additional credits for concentration in
degrees. |
Regulation of gene expression, protein folding
and structure, data mining, molecular simulations |
|
Department of Computer Science |
MS in Computer Science w/ Concentration |
14 courses required. |
No information available on specific research
interests |
|
Department of Molecular Computational Biology |
PhD track |
No set number of credits beyond core courses.
Individual curriculums are determined upon admission |
Protein expression and structural genes, DNA
topology, evolutionary trees |
|
Department of Biomedical Informatics |
MS (academic), MS (online professional), MS
(coterminal, Stanford UG's only), PhD; Certification |
Projects required for MS, thesis for PhD, two
years of residence and completion of appropriate courses. |
Biomedical Informatics |
|
UC Berkeley Extension - Continuing Education |
Professional Sequence w/Certificate |
4 courses in two possible sequences. |
Genetic engineering, Perl, Data Mining |
|
School of Information and Computer Science |
MS, PhD, both have research areas in
Informatics in Biology or Medicine |
Three core courses, plus at least 6 additional
courses, and courses to satisfy a breadth requirement. Other core courses
required for ICS school. |
Data mining, prediction of protein sequences,
gene expression data analysis |
|
Mult. Depts: Biomathematics, Chemistry and
Biochemistry, Statistics, Computer Science et al. |
BS in Cybernetics w/Concentration in
Bioinformatics, MS, PhD |
Statistics, Genomics, Computational Biology,
Research |
Predicting membrane protein structure,
analyses of genome evolution, microarrays |
|
Mult. Depts: Departments of Biology,
Biomedical Sciences, Computer Science & Engineering, Mathematics et al. |
BS, PhD, also PhD in Neuroinformatics |
Biological Data and Analysis Tools, Sequence
Analysis, Genomic Analysis, Statistics areas, three quarters of work required |
Structure and evolution of proteins, enzymes,
genomics |
|
Graduate Program in Biological and Medical
Informatics |
MS � only for those getting a second
health-related masters (or MS with PhD), and PhD |
36 credits required for MS, projects required
for both MS and PhD |
Protein structures, computer imaging |
|
Currently under Department of Computer
Engineering � moving to Department of Biomolecular Engineering |
BS, MS and PhD |
Six core courses with three electives,
optional internship, 52 credits for MS, 56 for PhD, Thesis required for both
MS and PhD |
Gene finding, RNA detection techniques,
proteomics |
|
Department of Preventive Medicine and
Biometrics, Section of Bioinformatics |
Analytical Health Sciences/Bioinformatics PhD
track |
90 credits total: 45 credit hours of course
work and 45 credits of thesis work |
Structure of proteins, computational biology,
molecular neurobiology |
|
Department of Bioengineering |
MS, PhD |
MS: 36 credits minimum in biochemistry,
mathematics, bioengineering, etc., 96 credits for PhD. |
Structural bioinformatics, computational
biology, neural engineering |
|
Department of Mathematical Science�s
Computer Science Division |
MS Computer Science or Mathematical Sciences
w/Concentration |
With PhD: 30 credits, without: 33 credits
required. Thesis required for both. |
Computational biology and algorithms. |
|
2 tracks: Program in Biomedical Sciences in
the Medical School, or directly to the Bioinformatics Program |
MS, PhD |
MS: 31 credits with internship required,
non-thesis. PhD: 68 credits required with thesis and exam. |
Tools for facilitating gene mapping, nanomolecular
modeling, transcription mechanism study, etc. |
|
Department of Computer Science and Engineering |
MS minor, PhD minor |
Minor requires core courses, 9 credits for
master's, 15 credits for doctoral minor. |
DNA repair mechanisms, quantitative genetics,
biopolymers, etc. |
|
Univ. NE Medical Center Department of
Pathology and Microbiology w/ Department of Information Systems and
Quantitative Analysis |
MS in Pathology and Microbiology with Special
Track in Bioinformatics, PhD in Pathology and Microbiology with Special Track
in Bioinformatics |
MS: Eleven foundation biology, computational
sciences courses, core biological sciences, computational sciences, electives
and independent study. PhD: Similar requirements. |
Cost benefit analysis for systems, computer
literacy |
|
School of Information and Library Science
(MS), School of Pharmacy's Carolina Center for Genome Sciences (PhD) |
MS Certificate of Specialization, PhD
Certificate of Specialization |
MS: 38 credits of required classes with
research rotation. PhD: Two research rotations, one semester of teaching,
core classes. |
Structure and function relationships of
proteins, computational protein design, statistical genetics |
|
Department of Computational Biology |
BS Biology, Computer Science, or Mathematics
w/Concentration, MS in Biotechnology w/Concentration, PhD in Genomics and
Computational Biology |
MS: 12 courses required. No information on PhD |
Evolutionary population genetics, mathematical
tools to map disease genes, multiple sequence alignments |
|
Center for Biomedical Informatics |
MS in Biomedical Informatics w/Concentration,
PhD in Biomedical Informatics w/Concentration; Biomedical Informatics Certificate
Program |
MS: 44 credit hours, required core courses,
electives, and thesis. PhD: 71 credit hours, core courses, electives, thesis,
and significant research. Certificate: 15 credit hours |
Biomolecular sequence-structure-function
research, oncology informatics, medical simulations |
|
Department of Biological Sciences |
Professional MS |
2 year, non-thesis program. Core courses
required. |
Genome sequencing, bioluminescence,
intelligent systems |
|
Program in Bioinformatics |
BS, MS |
22 credits core courses, electives beyond
that. |
No information available on specific research
interests |
|
Department of Medical Education and Biomedical
Informatics |
All degrees in Biomedical and Health
Informatics, MS (research and applied), PhD awaiting approval; Certification
only available for current students |
MS Research: 60 credits minimum with thesis.
MS Applied: 60 credits minimum with applied project. |
Clinical informatics, genetic data
integration, public health informatics, structural informatics |
|
Vanderbilt University Medical Center's Program
in Biomedical Informatics |
MS in Biomedical Informatics and PhD
Concentration |
MS: 27-40 credits required with thesis. PhD:
33-46 credits with teaching experience, and thesis. |
Clinical terminology systems, medical
informatics, machine learning |
|
Program in Genetics, Bioinformatics, and
Computational Biology |
PhD in Genetics, Bioinformatics and
Computational Biology to be approved soon |
No specific information available. |
Computational control, statistic analysis of
microarrays, functional genomics |
|
Department of Computer Science |
BS in Computer Science or Biology w/Bioinformatics
option |
CS: 195 credit hours required. Biology: 200
credit hours required. |
Protein binding interactions, data mining,
molecular visualization |
|
Department of Molecular Biology and
Biochemistry |
PhD |
Achieve competency in bioinformatics,
biological sciences, and informatics. |
Comparative genomics, data mining,
macromolecules |
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