Bioinformatics

This specialization is designed for individuals who are looking for a graduate program that provides the opportunity for a career change into the new high demand bioinformatics job market. It has the additional admission requirement of approved background in molecular biology.

Required Courses (6 s.h.)

• CS640 Bioinformatics I
• CS641 Bioinformatics II

Approved Electives (9 s.h.) (Courses which qualify have an optional bioinformatics term project or contain substantial bioinformatics content)

• CS610 Database Systems
• CS631 Distributed Computing
• CS652 Analysis and Design of Algorithms
• CS663 Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining
• CS675 Computer Visualization
• CS649 Bioinformatics Research

Faculty Contact: Tony Skjellum, Ph.D, tony@cis.uab.edu , 205-934-8657