Curriculum

Core Curriculum

All students must complete one of the core curriculum courses below. Only the Fall term core courses are required.

1. 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