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Bioinformatics
Administered By: Department of Computer Science
bioinformatics
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p1 * These courses have previously been offered as Special Topics in CS.
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Adminstration
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Chairperson: baltrush
Associate Chairperson: calvin
Director of Bioinformatics: usman

Adminstration
Chairperson: Michael A. Baltrush
Associate Chairperson: James M. Calvin
Director of Bioinformatics: Usman W. Roshan

Faculty
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Distinguished Professors: leung
Professors: gehani,geller,mchugh,mili,perl,shih,athomas,verkhovs,wangj
Associate Professors: baltrush,calvin,alexg,hung,marvin,nassimi,cliu,ryon,oria,sarian,sohna,dth
Assistant Professors: borcea,bcohen,usman,gwang,zhiwei
Special Lecturers: gblank,oe2,kapleau,karvelas,kwestel,theo,nirooma,rutkowsk

Faculty
Distinguished Professors: Joseph Y. Leung
Professors: Narain Gehani, James Geller, James McHugh, Ali Mili, Yehoshua Perl, Frank Y. Shih, athomas, verkhovs, Jason T. Wang
Associate Professors: Michael A. Baltrush, James M. Calvin, Alexandros Gerbessiotis, Daochuan Hung, Marvin K. Nakayama, David Nassimi, Chengjun Liu, John W. Ryon, Vincent Oria, Edward Sarian, Andrew Sohn, Dimitrios Theodoratos
Assistant Professors: Cristian M. Borcea, Barry Cohen, Usman W. Roshan, Guiling Wang, Zhi Wei
Special Lecturers: George Blank, Osama Eljabiri, Jonathan J. Kapleau, Dionissios Karvelas, Morty D. Kwestel, Theodore L. Nicholson, Kurban K. Niroomand, Wallace Rutkowski

Advisors:
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Bioinformatics Advisors: chenness

Advisors:
Bioinformatics Advisors: Casey L. Hennessey
 
Admission Requirements:
  • BS or BA Degree is Computing, Biology, or related discipline. TOEFL and GRE required for international students..
  • Computer courses in programming & data structures equivalent to CS 113 & CS 114.
  • One or more courses in genetics or molecular biology, equivalent to R120:352 Genetics or R120:356 Molecular Biology or BNFO 501 Molecular Biology for CS.
  • Mathematics courses in calculus equivalent to Math 111 & Math 112.

If the prerequisites are not fulfilled, completion of specific bridge courses will be required as a condition of admission.

Degree Requirements:

A minimum of 30 credits is required for the degree, excluding bridge courses. The graduate curriculum consists of five core courses and additional elective courses, with an optional thesis (six credits) or research project (three credits).

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M. S. in Bioinformatics 4
 
M. S. in Bioinformatics

Curriculum:

Core Courses

bnfo601,bnfo602,bnfo615,bnfo644,math663
  BNFO 601Foundations of Bioinformatics I (3 credits)
  BNFO 602Foundations of Bioinformatics II (3 credits)
  BNFO 615Data Analysis in Bioinformatics (3 credits)
  BNFO 644Data Mining and Management in Bioinformatics (3 credits)
  Math 663Introduction to Biostatistics (3-0-3)
Electives:

NJIT Courses

{bme661;Neural Engineering;3-0-3},bme671,chem658,chem673,chem677,cs631,cs632,cs659,cs634,cs681,cs731,cs782,is634,ece609,ece640,ece673,math635,math636,math637,math662
  bme661 (Neural Engineering) (3-0-3) 
  BME 671Biomechanics of Human Structure and Motion (3 credits)
  Chem 658Advanced Physical Chemistry (3 credits)
  Chem 673Biochemistry (3 credits)
  Chem 677Introduction to Medicinal Chemistry (3-0-3)
  CS 631Data Management System Design (3 credits)
  CS 632Advanced Database System Design (3 credits)
  CS 659Image Processing and Analysis (3 credits)
  CS 634Data Mining (3 credits)
  CS 681Computer Vision (3-0-3)
  CS 731Applications of Database Systems (3 credits)
  CS 782Pattern Recognition and Applications (3 credits)
  IS 634Information Retrieval (3 credits)
  ECE 609Artificial Neural Networks (3 credits)
  ECE 640Digital Signal Processing (3 credits)
  ECE 673Random Signal Analysis I (3 credits)
  Math 635 Analytical Computational Neuroscience (3 credits)
  Math 636 Systems Computational Neuroscience (3 credits)
  Math 637Foundations of Mathematical Biology (3 credits)
  Math 662Probability Distributions (3 credits)
Rutgers Courses r120:512,r120:515,r120:516,r120:526,r120:548,r120:573
  R120:512Mammalian Physiology (3 credits)
  R120:515Molecular Biology of Eukaryotes (3 credits)
  R120:516Microbial Ecology (3 credits)
  R120:526Cell Biology (3 credits)
  R120:548Biology of Cancer (3 credits)
  R120:573Pharmacology (3 credits)
UMDNJ Courses umd5002,umd5030,umd5200
  UMD5002 
  UMD5030 
  UMD5200 


*  These courses have previously been offered as Special Topics in CS.
 


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