Students must take a minimum of 24 graded credits by the end of the fall semester of their third year. Typically, students take three 3-credit hour courses in each of their first two semesters to accumulate 18 credits. They can earn their remaining 6 credits during the second year and the beginning of the third year.
Year One
Fall
- CBB 520: Genome Tools & Technologies – 3 credits
- CBB 591: Independent Study (Rotations) – 3 credits [occurs twice: fall and spring]
- CBB 510S: Computational Biology Seminar – 1 credit
- CBB 511: Journal Club/Student Seminar – 1 credit
Required – Not for Credit
- Responsible Conduct in Research (RCR) during Orientation
Additional Courses taken by those lacking one or more prerequisite
- Computer Science 330 or 530: Design and Analysis of Algorithms - 3 credits (prerequisite)
- Statistics 611: Introduction to Mathematical Statistics – 3 credits (prerequisites) (spring only)
- Statistics 613: Statistical Methods for Computational Biology – 3 credits (prerequisite) (fall only)
- Biology 201 or 202L – 3 credits (prerequisite)
Spring
- CBB 561, 662 or 663: Algorithms in Computational Biology – 3 credits
- CBB 540: Statistical Methods for Computational Biology – 3 credits
- CBB 510S: Computational Biology Seminar – 1 credit
- CBB 511: Journal Club – 1 credit
- CBB 591: Independent Study (Rotations) – 3 credits
Summer
- Independent Study (rotation) – 3 credits
Year Two
Fall
- Biology, Statistics or Computer Science Elective – 3 credits
- CBB 510S: Computational Biology Seminar – 1 credit
- CBB 511: Journal Club/Student Seminar – 1 credit
Spring
- CBB 510S: Computational Biology Seminar – 1 credit
- CBB 511: Journal Club – 1 credit
- Optional elective courses