Transcript UK Oxford Masters

Oxford MSc in Bioinformatics
flexible, part-time modular degree
• Runs over two to four years
• Aimed at those already in full time employment.
• Comprises
– nine modules taught at Oxford (choice from 16)
– a three month research dissertation
• Each module is taught as an intensive one-week course of
lectures, class exercises, tutorials and practicals
– study/distance-learning before and after each week
• Small number of modules being developed as online courses
Charlotte Deane
www.conted.ox.ac.uk/bioinformatics
Oxford MSc in Bioinformatics
flexible, part-time modular degree
• Students can take individual
modules
• Study for a certificate or an
MSc
• Jointly organized by
Continuing education and
Statistics
• Regularly updated to reflect
the expanding needs of
industry
• Development of course reflects
growing exploitation of
bioinformatics in the
commercial sector
Charlotte Deane
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1st Year Certificate Modules
1. Biology, principles: Basic Molecular Biology
2. Biology Experimental Techniques
3. Quantitative Techniques for Bioinformatics
4. Bioinformatics Applications of Computing:
5. Algorithm Design & Complexity
6. The Power of Bioinformatics in Modern Research
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Specialised Modules.
7. Functional & Comparative Genomics
8. Structural Bioinformatics
9. Molecular Evolution
10. Microarray Bioinformatics
11. Database Management Systems
12. Symbolic Machine Learning
13. Statistical Data mining
14. Statistical Genetics
15. Population Genetics
16. The Experimental-Bioinformatics Interface current challenges and emerging solutions
www.conted.ox.ac.uk/bioinformatics