Curriculum

Curriculum

Specialization Areas of Study

The Program in Computational Biology and Bioinformatics has been suspended and no further admission activity will take place, effective in the summer of 2008.

Bruce A. Lindvall, Ph.D.
Assistant Dean for Graduate Studies
McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science
Phone 847-491-4547
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Students may specialize in specific research areas. Students wishing to specialize choose a minimum of 2 courses per curriculum specialization as electives.

Italicized abbreviations in the table below represent the term in which the course has traditionally been offered (F=fall; W=winter; Sp=spring; Su=summer).

Structural Biology and Biostatistics Computational Neuroscience Biological Informatics Systems Biology
BIOL SCI 361:
Proteins & Nucleic Acids (Sp)
BIOL SCI 378: Functional
Genomics (F)
EECS 336: Design & Analysis of Algorithms (W) BIOL SCI 361:
Proteins & Nucleic Acids (Sp)
BIOL SCI 401:
Biochemistry & Biophysics (W)
ESAM 495: Computational Neuroscience (W) EECS 339: Introduction to Databases (W) BIOL SCI 378: Functional Genomics (F)
BIOL SCI 407:
Genome Scale Science (W)
NUIN 485:
Genes, the Brain
& Behavior (Sp)
EECS 394: Software Project Management (W) BIOL SCI 407:
Genome Scale Science (W)
STAT 420(1,2): Advanced Statistics (F,W) EECS 457: Advanced Algorithms (Sp) STAT 420(1,2): Advanced Statistics (F,W)