Bioinformatics and Genomics Graduate Certificate
Bioinformatics and genomics have become crucial components of life science research and industry, including biotechnology, medicine, and the pharmaceutical industry.
Career options are already numerous and will become more plentiful in the future as part of the big data analytics field. Students trained in these novel techniques will be more competitive in their applications for jobs and graduate programs.
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Admission Requirements
Candidates must have a baccalaureate degree from an accredited institution of higher education and undergraduate life science experience (e.g. biology, genetics, or biochemistry).
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Location & Format
Classes for this program meet downtown on the Robert C. Pew Grand Rapids Campus and the GVSU Health Campus, near the Grand Rapids Medical Mile.
Format:- Face To Face
Coursework
The certificate in bioinformatics and genomics requires a minimum of 12 credits - nine credits in the core and at least three credits of electives.
Core courses (three credits each):
- CMB 551 - Bioinformatics: Tools and Techniques for Life Scientists
- CMB 552 - Computer Modeling and Drug Design
- CMB 560 - Genomics and Molecular Diagnostics
Elective courses (three credits each, choose at least one):
- BIO 585/CMB 585 - Molecular Ecology
- CIS 611 - Introduction to Software Engineering
- CIS 635 - Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining
- CIS 673 - Principles of Database Design
- CIS 677 - High-performance Computing
- STA 622 - Statistical Methods for Biologists
Admission Requirements
For general requirements for graduate admission, visit Grand Valley State University’s admission section of the online catalog.
Admission into the bioinformatics and genomics certificate program has additional requirements, which are available on this page.
For additional information about this graduate certificate, visit the Cell and Molecular Biology website. If you have additional questions, please contact our graduate admissions office.
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Cell and Molecular Biology Department
miyao2009.com/cmb
3300A Kindschi Hall
of Science
(616) 331-2315
Program Director
Mark Staves,
Ph.D.
(616) 331-2473