Program Prerequisites

Applicants are expected to have 6 hours of undergraduate work in computer science and/or informatics and 6 hours in biology (covering genetics, molecular biology and evolution). Following are preferred prerequisites to application for the program:

Prerequisites (undergraduate course semester hours or equivalent in)

Students may take all or some of these prerequisite courses to make up for any deficiencies in undergraduate preparation. Work experience may be considered as meeting some of these prerequisite requirements, as determined by the UI Academic Affairs Committee.

After admission, students lacking 6 hours of programming coursework are required to take 6 hours from the following:

Please note: A grade of B- or better is required.

After admission, students lacking 6 hours of bioscience coursework are required to take the following courses:

Course Requirements for the PhD and M.S. Programs

PhD students are required to complete 72 semester hours (37 semester hours of coursework). M.S. students are required to have 31 semester hours of coursework.

Core Bioinformatics (9 s.h. for PhD; choose 12 s.h. for M.S.)

Core Genetics (3 s.h. required for PhD; possible elective for M.S.)

Core Biology (3 s.h. required for PhD; possible elective for M.S.)

Core Informatics (3 s.h. required for PhD only)

Required (6 s.h. for PhD students; 1 s.h. for M.S. students)

Grad Statistics (6 s.h. for PhD and M.S.)

Electives (12 s.h. for PhD and M.S)

Choose from any upper-level Bioinformatics classes (3 s.h. each)

* For M.S. students  ** For PhD students