| Program prerequisites |
| offered every semester (fall, spring and summer) |
| BIOL 10 or equiv |
Introductory Biology |
4 |
| Core classes |
| offered every semester (fall, spring and summer) |
| BIOSC 30 |
Genomics Theory |
4 |
| BIOSC 32 |
Good Laboratory Practices in Genomics |
1 |
| Certificate A: DNA Extraction |
|
Introduction to DNA Extraction Using High Salt |
1 |
|
Enzymatic Extraction |
1 |
|
Emerging Cryo-Extraction Methods |
1 |
|
|
3 units |
| Certificate B: DNA Duplication and Storage |
|
Principles of High-throughput DNA Duplication |
1 |
|
Long PCR |
1 |
|
Generation of Fosmid Libraries |
2 |
|
Generation of BAC Libraries |
2 |
|
|
6 units |
| Certificate C: Quantity and Quality of DNA |
|
Quality Assessment Using Capillary Electrophoresis |
2 |
|
Quality Assessment using RT-PCR |
2 |
|
|
4 units |
| Certificate D: Shearing and Size Selection |
|
Shotgun Shearing Techniqes |
1 |
|
DNA Shearing with the Covaris LE220R |
1 |
|
DNA Shearing with the Hydroshear |
1 |
|
Size Selection with Sage Science Technologies |
1 |
|
Pulsed-field Gel Electrophoresis |
1 |
|
|
5 units |
| Certificate E: DNA Sequencing |
|
Overview of DNA Sequencing Technologies |
2 |
|
Targets, Methods and Practice for DNA Sequencing |
2 |
|
Illumina DNA Sequencing |
4 |
|
|
8 units |
| Certificate F: DNA Expression Analysis |
|
Principles of DNA Expression |
1 |
|
DNA Microarrays |
4 |
|
qPCR |
2 |
|
RNA-Seq Using NGS |
2 |
|
|
9 units |
| Certificate G1: Assembly and Gene Annotation |
|
Assembly and Alignment Algorithms |
2 |
|
Remote Computing On-site and in the Cloud |
2 |
|
Principles of Next-generation Sequencing |
2 |
|
Proteomes and Transcriptome Analysis |
2 |
|
Best Practices in Gene Mapping and Annotation |
1 |
|
|
9 units |
| Certificate G2: Patterns of Gene Functionality Through Time |
|
Assembly and Alignment Algorithms |
2 |
|
Alignment and Issues of Shared Homology |
1 |
|
Best Practices in Gene Mapping and Annotation |
1 |
|
Bioinformatics Seminar |
1 |
|
|
5 units |
| Certificate H: Development of Student Efforts |
| BIOSC 33 |
Research Design in Genomics |
1 |
| BIOSC 34 |
Writing for the Scientific Journal |
1 |
|
Scientific Presentation and Public Speaking |
1 |
|
Genomics Seminar Series |
1 |
|
Current Research on Industry Activities |
1 |
| BIOSC 42 |
Mining GenBank |
1 |
| BIOSC 49 |
Independent Study |
.5-5 |
| BIOSC 90 |
Internship in Genomics |
1 |
|
|
units |
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Courses are offered in a schedule which parallels genomic workflow. Courses are offered on weekends and weekday evenings to accomodate students with a full-time academic load and industry professionals who are busy during weekdays. Most courses are short, and can be offered back-to-back allowing mini-certificates to be offered multiple times through the semester.
The core classes are offered every semester.
