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Program Requirements

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Thesis Courses (33 credits)

• HGEN 680 M.Sc. Thesis Research 1 (9 credits)

  Offered by: Human Genetics (Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences)

  Administered by: Graduate Studies

  Overview

  Human Genetics : Independent research work under the direction of the Thesis Supervisor and the Supervisory Committee.

  Terms: Fall 2021, Winter 2022

  Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2021-2022 academic year.

• HGEN 681 M.Sc. Thesis Research 2 (12 credits)

  Offered by: Human Genetics (Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences)

  Administered by: Graduate Studies

  Overview

  Human Genetics : Independent research work under the direction of the Thesis Supervisor and the Supervisory Committee.

  Terms: Fall 2021, Winter 2022

  Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2021-2022 academic year.

• HGEN 682 M.Sc. Thesis Research 3 (12 credits)

  Offered by: Human Genetics (Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences)

  Administered by: Graduate Studies

  Overview

  Human Genetics : Independent research work under the direction of the Thesis Supervisor and the Supervisory Committee.

  Terms: Fall 2021, Winter 2022

  Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2021-2022 academic year.

Required Courses (6 credits)

• COMP 616D1 Bioinformatics Seminar (1.5 credits)

  Offered by: Computer Science (Faculty of Science)

  Administered by: Graduate Studies

  Overview

  Computer Science (Sci) : Introduction to current trends in Bioinformatics and closely related fields such as genomics and proteomics.

  Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2021-2022 academic year.

  Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2021-2022 academic year.

  • Restrictions: This seminar is restricted to graduate students in the Bioinformatics Option. Enrolment is limited to 30 students.

  • Note: The seminar will meet for 3 hours every second week over Fall and Winter semesters.

  • Students must register for both COMP 616D1 and COMP 616D2.

  • No credit will be given for this course unless both COMP 616D1 and COMP 616D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms.

• COMP 616D2 Bioinformatics Seminar (1.5 credits)

  Offered by: Computer Science (Faculty of Science)

  Administered by: Graduate Studies

  Overview

  Computer Science (Sci) : See COMP 616D1 for description.

  Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2021-2022 academic year.

  Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2021-2022 academic year.

  • Prerequisite: COMP 616D1.

  • No credit will be given for this course unless both COMP 616D1 and COMP 616D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms.

• HGEN 692 Human Genetics (3 credits)

  Offered by: Human Genetics (Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences)

  Administered by: Graduate Studies

  Overview

  Human Genetics : This course will emphasize the principles and practice of human genetics, including an overview of the fundamental aspects of human genetics pertaining to chromosomes and mutations, population, cancer and development genetics, the inheritance of complex traits.

  Terms: Fall 2021

  Instructors: Dewar, Ken; Ernst, Carl; Engert, Jamie; Joly, Yann; Majewska, Loydie; Lavoie, Josee; Yamanaka, Yojiro; Kleinman, Claudia; Gravel, Simon; Walsh, Logan (Fall)

  • Restriction: For Department of Human Genetics graduate students.

Complementary Courses (6 credits)

6 credits from the following courses:

• BINF 621 Bioinformatics: Molecular Biology (3 credits)

  Offered by: Plant Science (Agricultural & Environmental Sciences)

  Administered by: Graduate Studies

  Overview

  Bioinformatics : The main problems related to the analysis of biological sequences (sequence comparison, homology, gene annotation, phylogenetic inference, comparative genomics) and the computational approaches (dynamic programming algorithms, Blast heuristics, hidden Markov models, Bayesian statistics).

  Terms: Winter 2022

  Instructors: Stromvik, Martina (Winter)

  • Restriction: Enrolment by students in the Bioinformatics option or by permission from the course coordinators only. Limited to 30 students.

• BMDE 652 Bioinformatics: Proteomics (3 credits)

  Offered by: Biomedical Engineering (Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences)

  Administered by: Graduate Studies

  Overview

  Biomedical Engineering : Overview of high-throughput proteomic technologies commonly employed to study the localization and function of all proteins in an organism, and the bioinformatic approaches to analyze raw data and deposit them in proteome databases.

  Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2021-2022 academic year.

  Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2021-2022 academic year.

  • Prerequisite: Enrolment in Bioinformatics option program or permission by coordinators.

  • Note: The course is inter-disciplinary and is targeted to students with different scientific backgrounds. A substantial portion of marks will be given based on practical assignments.

• BTEC 555 Structural Bioinformatics (3 credits)

  Offered by: Parasitology (Agricultural & Environmental Sciences)

  Overview

  Biotechnology : Fundamentals of protein structure and the application of tools for structure determination, how protein structure allows us to understand the complex biological functions, and how knowledge of protein structure can contribute to drug discovery.

  Terms: Winter 2022

  Instructors: Salavati, Reza; Sulea, Traian (Winter)

  • Winter

  • 1-hr lecture, followed by 2 hrs of computer lab.

  • Prerequisite: Molecular biology or biochemistry, and basic bioinformatics, or permission of instructor.

• COMP 618 Bioinformatics: Functional Genomics (3 credits)

  Offered by: Computer Science (Faculty of Science)

  Administered by: Graduate Studies

  Overview

  Computer Science (Sci) : Techniques related to microarrays (normalization, differential expression, class prediction, class discovery), the analysis of non-coding sequence data (identification of transcription factor binding sites), single nucleotide polymorphisms, the inference of biological networks, and integrative Bioinformatics approaches.

  Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2021-2022 academic year.

  Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2021-2022 academic year.

  • Prerequisite: Enrolment in Bioinformatics Option Program or permission of coordinators.

  • Restrictions: Enrolment by students in the Bioinformatics Option Program or by permission of course coordinators only. Computer Science graduate students not in the Bioinformatics Option Program need additional permission of the M.Sc. or Ph.D. Committee respectively.

• PHGY 603 Systems Biology and Biophysics (3 credits)

  Offered by: Physiology (Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences)

  Administered by: Graduate Studies

  Overview

  Physiology : Introduction to classical and current topics in biophysics and systems biology in order to model the control of gene expression and intracellular signal transduction, as well as gene spread in populations.

  Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2021-2022 academic year.

  Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2021-2022 academic year.

  • Prerequisite: Knowledge of differential equations at the MATH 315 level or equivalent.

  • Notes: Enrolment is limited to 20 students per semester. The course is 1.5 hours of lecture and 1.5 hours of seminar per week. Readings will focus on classic and current journal articles.

Note: The Graduate Advisory Committee may stipulate additional coursework at the 500, 600, or 700 level depending on the background of the candidate.