Bioinformatics M.S. Degree Requirements (Fall 2025 cohorts and later)

Degree requirements (Fall 2025 cohorts or later)

Required core courses (12 cr.)

Bioinformatics electives (12 cr.)

Project, thesis, or coursework-only pathway (6 cr.)

Thesis pathway

Project pathway

Coursework-only pathway

  • Elective (6 cr.)
    Students can take other graduate courses either within or outside Luddy.

Degree maps

Fall Year 1
  • INFO-B 519 Introduction to Bioinformatics
  • INFO-B 573 Programming for Science Informatics
  • INFO-B 627 Seminar in Bioinformatics (Bioinformatics elective 1)
Spring Year 1
  • INFO-B 528 Computational Methods for Analyzing High-Throughput Biological Data
  • INFO-B 556 Biological Database Management
  • Bioinformatics elective 2
Summer
  • INFO-B 692 Bioinformatics Thesis (Thesis pathway) or INFO-B 692 Bioinformatics Project (Project pathway) or Open elective (Coursework-only pathway)
Fall Year 2

Thesis pathway

  • INFO-B 692 Bioinformatics Thesis (3 cr.)
  • Bioinformatics elective 3
  • Bioinformatics elective 4

Project or coursework-only pathway

  • Bioinformatics elective 3
  • Bioinformatics elective 4
  • Open elective

Spring Year 1
Summer
Fall Year 1

Thesis pathway

Project or coursework-only pathway

Spring year 2

Thesis pathway

Project pathway

Coursework-only pathway

  • Open elective 2
  • Bioinformatics elective 3
  • Bioinformatics elective 4