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Degree Programme Table: Bioinformatics (MSc) (PTMSCBIOIN1F)

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Year 1 Academic year: 2022/23, Starting in: September

Notes:
Students are not allowed to take more than a total of 30 credits below level 11.

An alternative appropriate course may be substituted only with the permission of the Programme Director

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Bioinformatics Programming and System Management

Must be taken during Semester 1

PGBI11095 20 credits
Statistics and Data Analysis

Must be taken during Semester 1

PGBI11003 20 credits
Research Proposal (Bioinformatics)

Must be taken during Semester 2

PGBI11114 10 credits
MSc Dissertation (Bioinformatics)

Must be passed at 50% and taken during Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond

PGBI11034 60 credits

Course options

Biological Sciences - Bioinformatics (MSc & PgDip) (Full-time) - Optional Courses Semester 1

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
Notes:
If a student wishes to take a course not listed below, then they should contact the Programme Director to discuss.

One other course that you might also be interested in, but is not on the DPT for Bioinformatics, is Applied Machine Learning (INFR11211). To take this course you must have experience with linear algebra, basic calculus, stats, and programming. If you are interested in this course, then please email the Programme Director (al.ivens@ed.ac.uk) to discuss your experience. You will only be allocated a place on a course if it is approved by the Programme Director and the relevant Course Organiser: this rule applies to any course that is not listed on the DPT.
Selected courses must be taken during Semester 1
Bioinformatics 1
INFR11160 10 credits
Molecular Modelling and Database Mining
PGBI11023 10 credits
Quantitating drug binding
PGBI11038 10 credits
Information Processing in Biological Cells
PGBI11051 10 credits
Using R for Data Science
PGBI11122 10 credits
Biological Databases
PGBI11129 10 credits
AND

Biological Sciences - Bioinformatics (MSc & PgDip) (Full-time) - Optional Courses Semester 2

Select exactly 50 credits of the following courses
Notes:
If a student wishes to take a course not listed below, then they should contact the Programme Director to discuss.
The following courses are strongly recommended as optional courses:
PGBI11057 Bioinformatics Algorithms
PGBI11040 Functional Genomic Technologies
BILG11004 Next Generation Genomics

Selected courses must be taken during Semester 2
Introduction to web site and database design for drug discovery
BICH11007 10 credits
Next Generation Genomics
BILG11004 10 credits
Metagenomic Analysis of Microbial Communities
BITE11001 10 credits
Technology Entrepreneurship and Commercialisation
CMSE11576 10 credits
Software Development
INFR11172 10 credits
Functional Genomic Technologies
PGBI11040 10 credits
Bioinformatics Algorithms
PGBI11057 10 credits
Drug Discovery (MSc Level)
PGBI11088 10 credits
Practical Systems Biology
PGBI11089 20 credits
Comparative and Evolutionary Genomics
PGBI11115 10 credits
Introduction to Python Programming for Data Science
PGBI11123 10 credits
Biodesign for Sustainability
PGBI11127 10 credits
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