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Professional Science Master's in Bioinformatics

psmA unique master's degree merging the biological sciences and technology

 The program in Bioinformatics leading to the Professional Science Master's degree (PSM) is an interdisciplinary program at the intersection of the disciplines of Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics and Statistics, Computing and Informatics, and Engineering. It is expected that students entering the program will have completed an undergraduate major in either a life science or a quantitative discipline. The degree includes additional training and demonstrated competence in both life sciences and scientific programming. The program is structured to provide students with the skills and knowledge to develop, evaluate, and deploy bioinformatics and computational biology applications. The program is designed to prepare students for employment in the biotechnology sector, where the need for knowledgeable life scientists with quantitative and computational skills has exploded in the past decade.

 

Degree Requirements:

 

The Professional Science Master's (PSM) in Bioinformatics degree requires a minimum of 37 graduate credit hours, and a minimum of 33 credit hours of formal course work. A maximum of 6 hours of graduate credit may be transferred from other institutions. Because of the interdisciplinary nature of this program, which is designed to provide students with a common graduate experience during their professional preparation for the PSM in Bioinformatics degree, all students will be required to take a general curriculum that includes a two-year sequence of courses as described at the UNC Charlotte PSM Bioinformatics page.

Please email your questions to your appropriate stage:

  • General question to the Bioinformatics Department: Bioinformatics@uncc.edu
  • Applying to the program: BioinformaticsApply@uncc.edu
  • Confirmation of received application: BioinfConfirmation@uncc.edu
  • Inquiry to the PSM or PhD programs: BioinfInquiry@uncc.edu
  • Admission Decision to Committee: BioinfDecision@uncc.edu 
  • Enroll to the program: BioinfEnrollment@uncc.edu
  • PSM Bioinformatics:  BioinformaticsPSM@uncc.edu

 

         

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