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Educational Programs: Biomedical Informatics Track: Curriculum


The following is the list of courses that constitute the Biomedical Informatics track of the Master of Science in Clinical Research degree program. Required and elective courses are designated as such, and further explanation is included below.

Domain

Required/Elective

Course Name

Course Number

Credit Hours

Biomedical Informatics

Required (3 credits)

Introduction to Biomedical Informatics

26-BE-xxx 

3

 

Selectives (Choose at least 6 additional credits from this list)

Quality Improvement & Patient Safety

26-BE-xxx 

3

 

Decision Analysis and Cost Effectiveness analysis

26-BE-768

3

 

Introduction to Bioinformatics

20BME643

3

 

 

Large Biological Databases

20BME-642

3

 

 

Functional Genomics

20BME-641

3

 

 

Introduction to Functional Genomics

20BME881

2-4

 

 

Computational Genomics

20BME-640

3

Biostatistics

Required (6 credits)

Introduction to Biostatistics

26-BE-787

4

 

 

Introduction to SAS programming

26-BE-778

2

 

Selectives (Choose at least 3 additional credits from this list)

Biostatistics in Research

26-BE-761

3

 

Regression Analysis

26-BE-788

4

 

Categorical Data Analysis

26-BE-797

3

 

 

Longitudinal Data Analysis

26-BE-762

3

 

 

Meta-Analysis

26-BE-961

3

 

 

Advanced Statistical Methods in Biomedical Research

20BME-864

3

Research Methods & Epidemiology

Required (11 credits)

Introduction to Epidemiology

26-BE-776

3

 

Study Design and Analysis

26-BE-869

3

 

Scientific Proposal Writing

26-BE-975

3

 

 

Clinical Research Scholars Seminar

26-BE-xxx 

1

 

 

Ethics in Research

26-GNTD-730

1

 

Electives

Introduction to Health Survey Research

26-BE-xxx 

3

 

Health Services Research

26-BE-xxx 

3

 

Design & Analysis of Clinical Trials

26-BE-766

3

 

 

Molecular Epidemiology

26-BE-973

3

 

 

Organizational Research Design and Methodology

MGMT-826

3

Computer Science

Required (12 credits)

IS/IT Architecture

22IS724

4

 

 

Programming & Data Structures

22IS715

4

 

 

Database Principles

22IS732

4

 

Electives

Data Warehousing

22IS740

4

 

 

Computer Communications and Networks

20ECES609

3

 

 

Programming for Artificial Intelligence

20ECES602

2

 

 

Introduction to Random Processing

20ECES619

3

Organizational Behavior and Human Factors

Electives

Organizational Behavior & Theory

MGMT-711

4

 

 

Human Factors in Design

23-INDL-675

3

 

 

User Interface I

20ECES-667

3

 

 

Information Systems Project Management

22-IS-555

3

 

 

Management of Organizational Change

22MGMT784

4

Research and Independent Study

Electives

(Non-Thesis) Research

26-ENV-891

x

 

 

Independent study in Bioinformatics

20BME-540

x

  • Minimum total credit hours required: 60
    • Students must take 32 credits in specified courses.
    • Students must take at least another 16 course credits (9 from selective lists, and at least 7 additional credits from the selective or elective lists).
    • Students must also take the equivalent of 12 credit hours of thesis work.
    • Students must also take part in a weekly Biomedical Informatics seminar/research-in-progress series.
  • Courses ending in -xxx are fully approved and are simply awaiting final course number assignment.