Nine credit hours are from the core areas of life science, statistics, math, and science. oklahoma Student preference will guide the selection of a 3-credit hour elective course approved by the http://bioinformatics.okstate.edu/ Program Committee. state

university Admissions To enroll in the Graduate Certificate program, Oklahoma State University students are required to have a bachelor’s www.okstate.edu degree preferably in , Admissions statistics, mathematics, life sciences or related www.gradcollege.okstate.edu/admissions fields. Students can participate in this certificate program while concurrently enrolled in an M.S. Financial Aid or Ph.D. degree program. www.okstate.edu/finaid/ Admission forms can be obtained by following Living and Housing the prompt to the Certificate as www.reslife.okstate.edu/ a degree choice at the web address listed below: Bioinformatics https://app.it.okstate.edu/gradcollege/

Primary Student Learning Outcomes Certification

• To understand terminologies, technologies, and concepts used in the analysis of Graduate related to genomes and genome structures. • To acquire cross-disciplinary knowledge and Program independently design bioinformatics projects and organize collaborators of appropriate

expertise across the core disciplines of life sciences, computer sciences, and statistics. Data-Enabled Cross-training and

• To develop a set of skills including text Hands-on Experience From a mining/formatting, basic statistics, basic National Leader in Research and programming script, and use of genomic Multidisciplinary Diversity information and databases appropriate to Oklahoma State University, in compliance with Title VI and VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Executive Order 11246 as amended, Title IX of the their long-term employment. Education Amendments of 1972, Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, and other federal laws and regulations, does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, gender, age, religion, disability, or status as a Get Serious. veteran in any of its policies, practices or procedures. This includes but is not limited to admissions, employment, financial aid, and educational Get a Job. services. This publication is printed and issued by Oklahoma State University as authorized by the Vice President, Dean, and Director of the More program information is available at: Division of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources and has been http://bioinformatics.okstate.edu/ prepared and distributed at a cost of 75-cents Rev#: 3

Bioinformatics Mission Statement Curriculum

*Online Courses The mission of the Bioinformatics Certificate Math Core Courses REQUIRED Foundation Courses (hours credit) Program is to train post-baccalaureate students MATH 6590 Appl. of Parallel Computing (1)

in interdisciplinary techniques required to Software-carpentry.org (Planned) MICR 5203 Bioinformatics (3) generate, analyze, and interpret complex BIOC 5930 Bioinformatics Capstone Project (1) biologically derived data sets. Departments from Elective Courses (3)

across the university participate. A cohesive Graduate-level course approved by the SELECTED Interdisciplinary Courses curriculum provides essential training in Bioinformatics Certificate Program Committee. bioinformatics and computational biology. Life Sciences Core Courses

BIOC 6820 Bioinformatics Workshop (1-2) Documents for Application: BIOC 6820 Mass Spectrometry Workshop (1-2) Transcripts (must have B.S. or equivalent)* BIOC 6733 Functional Genomics (3) Application Fee* BIOC 5102 Molecular Genetics (2) T BOT 5553 Molecular Phylogenetic Analysis OEFL Score* AnSci R. programming in animal sciences (1) Curriculum Vitae or resume Bot 5110-365 Phylogenomics (1) A “Personal Statement” of your interest and (Predicted for 2016) goals from the program BIOC “Basic bioinformatics” (3) Graduate Students must submit letter of support BIOC “Python for bioinformatics” (3) from major professor MICR “Genome sequence annotation and (*Required by Graduate College) analysis” (3)

Software-carpentry.org (Planned) Transfer of Courses Representation of supervised clustering Statistics Core Courses With the approval of the Bioinformatics STAT 6013 Genetic Statistics (3) Certificate Program Committee and the STAT 5013 Stat Experimenters I (3) Graduate College, up to 3 hours of graduate- Correspondence: STAT 5023 Stat Experimenters II (3) level credit from another institution may be Bioinformatics Certificate Program STAT 5093 Statistical Computing (3) used toward certificate requirements. The GPA Committee STAT 4203 Math Statistics I (3)** must be at least 3.0 on any transfer credit. STAT 4213 Math Statistics II (3)** c/o Graduate Secretary ** Must be for grad-level-credit [email protected] Program Structure

Dept. Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Computer Science Core Courses The Certificate requires completion of 16 246B Noble Research Center CS 5423/5433 Principles of Database graduate level course credit hours. A required Stillwater, OK 74078 Systems/Distributed Database Systems (3) capstone project demonstrates mastery of Phone 405-744-9320 CS 5070 Data Structures and Algorithms for bioinformatics technologies. A minimum of 12 credit hours must be at the 5000 level or above. Fax 405-744-7799 Bioinformatics (3) CS 4433 Intro to Database Systems (3)

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