Program

Human Genetics Computational Track Coursework

Human Genetics Computational Track Coursework
(Three required courses AND three core electives AND two additional elective courses PLUS two rotations)

Three required courses in Computational Biology and Statistics
STAT 24400 Statistical Theory and Methods I (Autumn) AND HGEN 48600 Fundamentals of Computational Biology: Models and Inference (Winter) AND HGEN 48800 Fundamentals of Computational Biology: Algorithms and Applications (Spring)

Plus Three Core Elective Courses Chosen from the Following List    
HGEN 47000 Human Genetics I (Autumn) OR HGEN 47500 Genetic Mechanisms from Variation to Evolution (Autumn) OR HGEN 46900 Human Variation and Disease (Winter) OR HGEN 47200 Quantitative Genetics for the 21st Century (Spring) MGCB 31400 Genetic Analysis of Model Organisms (Autumn) OR HGEN 47100 Introduction to Statistical Genetics (Winter) OR ECEV 35600 Principles of Population Genetics I (Winter) OR ECEV 31100 Evolution of Biological Molecules (Winter) OR BCMB 32200 Biophysics of Biomolecules (Spring) OR HGEN 47300 Genomics and Systems Biology (Spring) OR MGCB 32000 Quantitative Analysis of Biological Dynamics (Spring) OR HGEN 47900 Decoding and Engineering Genes and Genomes (Spring)

Plus Two Lab Rotations
BSDG 40100 Section 11 / BSDG 40102 Section 11 Human Genetics Laboratory Rotation (Autumn, Winter, Spring, Summer)

Plus Two [2] Additional Elective Courses Chosen From the Following List
STAT 34300 Applied Linear Statistical Methods (Autumn) OR  CAAM 37710 Machine Learning (Autumn) OR OR STAT 30900  Mathematical Computation I: Matrix Computation (Autumn) OR (OR STAT 24500 Statistical Theory and Methods II (Winter) OR STAT 32950 Multivariate Statistical Analysis: Applications and Techniques (Spring) OR ECEV 42900 Theoretical Ecology (Winter) OR STAT 37710 Machine Learning (Spring); HGEN 33480 Neurogenetics (Winter)

A complete list of courses is available on the Academic Information System and Human Genetics Graduate Program website

ADDITIONAL REQUIRED COURSES
HGEN 31900 Introduction to Research. “Allstars” (Autumn)
BSDG 55100 Responsible, rigorous, and reproducible conduct of research: R3CR. Winter

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