Curriculum
Core Curriculum
All students must complete one of the core curriculum courses below. Only the Fall term core courses are required.
Biomedical Sciences (BMS) Core
Fall Semester: BSR1012 Biomedical Sciences Fall (6 credits)
2. Neuroscience Core
Fall Semester BSR1706 Neuro Core 1: Systems Neuroscience (3 credits) Fall Semester BSR1705 Neuro Core 2: Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience (3 credits)
Other Required Coursework
Computer Systems: The computer systems course is split into 3 separate 1 credit courses. The courses are offered in a specific sequence during the fall term. Each course will be graded separately.
BDS1005 Computer Systems: UNIX/LINUX Fundamentals (1 credit)
BDS1006 Computer Systems: Architectures & Applications in Scientific Computing (1 credit)
BDS1007 Computer Systems: Introduction to Scientific Programming in Python 3 (1 credit)
BDS2005 Introduction to Algorithms: It is highly recommended students take the Introduction to Scientific Programming in Python 3 before taking this course
BDS3002 Machine Learning for Biomedical Data Science (3 credits)
Mandatory Training Sessions
Students must take the following two additional mandatory training requisites:
BSR1021 Responsible Conduct of Research - 0.5 credit
BSR1022 Rigor and Reproducibility - 0 .5 credit
Elective Credits
Students must take 2.5 - 5 elective credits in order to do complementary coursework in areas of greatest interest to them.
Capstone Research Project
For their capstone research project, students take 3 to 9 credits and may choose from one of the following biomedical data science research areas:
computational genomics
computational biophysics
systems pharmacology
biomedical engineering
imaging and visualization
biostatistics
clinical epidemiology
clinical trials
environmental medicine
public health
health systems design
health information technology
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