Master of Bioinformatics | Adelaide University Calendar

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Program Code

MBIO

Academic Year

2022

Program Faculty

Faculty of Sciences

Special Notes

This program is not offered in 2022.

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These Program Rules should be read in conjunction with the University's policies (http://www.adelaide.edu.au/policies).

Overview

The Master of Bioinformatics is designed to develop skills in a variety of aspects of translational bioinformatics. Students will be exposed to a range of analytical approaches and develop highly competitive bioinformatics, research and project management skills. Students with recognised prior learning in the core areas of the programme may extend their studies into areas such as advanced algorithms, analysis of 'big data' and IT commercialization.
As translational bioinformatics is the focus of the curriculum, courses within the programme focus strongly on application of bioinformatic approaches to real world problems particularly as related to human biology and agricultural career opportunities.

The Master of Bioinformatics is an AQF Level 9 qualification with a standard duration of 2 years.

Conditions

Condition of Continuing Enrolment: A student must complete all of the coursework before commencing the research project.

Interruption of program: Students must apply for permission from the Executive Dean or delegate before taking a Leave of Absence. Any extension of the leave without approval will result in the loss of place in the program but an application may be made to be re-admitted to the program subject to the admission procedures in place at the time.

Academic Program Rules for Master of Bioinformatics

There shall be a Master of Bioinformatics.

Qualification Requirements

Academic Program:

To qualify for the degree of Master of Bioinformatics, the student must complete satisfactorily a program of study consisting of the following requirements with a combined total of not less than 48 units which must include a research project (24 units), comprising:

Core courses to the value of 21 units
Elective courses to the value 3 units
Research equivalent courses to the value of 24 units in the form of a research project

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Core Courses

To satisfy the requirements for Core Courses students must complete courses to the value of 21 units.

All of the following courses must be completed:

Subject / Catalogue	Course Title	Unit Value
BIOINF 7110	Biology for Bioinformatics	3
BIOINF 7120	Research Methods in Bioinformatics	3
BIOINF 7130	Bioinformatics Practice	3
BIOTECH 7005	Bioinformatics and Systems Modelling	3

Courses to the value of up to 9 units may be taken from the following:

Subject / Catalogue	Course Title	Unit Value
BIOINF 7150	Genomics Applications	3
BIOINF 7160	Transcriptomics Applications	3
COMP SCI 7201	Algorithm & Data Structure Analysis	3
COMP SCI 7202	Foundations of Computer Science	6
STATS 7054	Statistical Modelling	3

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Subject / Catalogue	Course Title	Unit Value
STATS 7107	Statistical Modelling and Inference	3

Research Project

To satisfy the requirements for Research Project students must complete courses to the value of 24 units.

All of the following courses must be completed:

Subject / Catalogue	Course Title	Unit Value
BIOINF 7200A	Research Project Part 1	0
BIOINF 7200B	Research Project Part 2	24

Subject / Catalogue	Course Title	Unit Value
BIOTECH 7000	Advanced Research Platforms	3
BIOTECH 7001	Drug Discovery and Development	3
BIOTECH 7002	Stem Cells and Advanced Tissue Culture	3
BIOTECH 7004	Molecular Microbiology and Vaccines	3
COMP SCI 7007	Specialised Programming	3
COMP SCI 7094	Distributed Databases & Data Mining	3
COMP SCI 7201	Algorithm & Data Structure Analysis	3
COMP SCI 7301	Advanced Algorithms	3
COMP SCI 7306	Mining Big Data	3
COMP SCI 7401	Introduction to Statistical Machine Learning	3

Published on: 30 November, 2021 | 16:53:24