UNSW Handbook Plan - Bioinformatics

Bioinformatics - COMPBS8543


	Faculty: Faculty of Engineering
	School: School of Computer Science and Engineering
	Contact: http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au
	Program: 8543 - Information Technology
	Award(s):
	Master of Information Technology (Specialisation)

Plan Outline

Bioinformatics

Bioinformatics is an exciting field at the junction of computer science and biology. It deals with the application of computing and mathematical methods to the management, analysis and modelling of biological data, especially in relation to molecular biology.

Potential employers include research groups in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries and institutions such as universities, medical research institutes and research hospitals.

The Bioinformatics major in the Graduate Diploma and MIT program is targeted at graduates who are interested in applying computer science and computer engineering skills to problems in the life sciences. It covers the scientific foundations of bioinformatics (biotechnology and statistics), computer technologies important in bioinformatics (programming, scripting, machine learning, data mining and warehousing) and bioinformatics methods and applications in the analysis of sequence, structure and function of biological molecules.

Plan Structure

Bioinformatics majors are required to complete the following compulsory electives:

BINF9010 Bioinformatics Methods and App (6 UOC)
BIOT7160 Genomics and Proteomics (6 UOC)

Bioinformatics majors must also take three courses from the following:

COMP9318 Data Warehousing & Data Mining (6 UOC)
COMP9417 Machine Learning & Data Mining (6 UOC)
MATH5846 Intro to Prob and Stoch Proc (6 UOC)
MATH5856 Intro to Stats and Stat Comput (6 UOC)

* MATH5856 has a co-requisite of MATH5846. Seek permission from School of Mathematics if you have sufficient background knowledge and wish to enrol in MATH5856 in its own.

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