Quantitative and Systems Biology MS

Degree Requirements

The following requirements are in addition to, or further elaborate upon, those requirements outlined in The Graduate School Policy Guide.

Course Requirements

Total Units Required: 11

Plan of Study Grid
First Year
Fall
QSB 401-0 Research Techniques, Writing & Presentation
IBIS 410-0 Quantitative Biology
IBIS 402-0
Molecular Biology of Human Disease
or Protein Structure and Function
IBIS 423-0 Ethics in Biological Research
Winter
QSB 499-0 QSB Masters Research
BIOL_SCI 323-0
Bioinformatics: Sequence and Structure Analysis
or Statistical Methods for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
Choose one from the following:
BIOL_SCI 378-0 Functional Genomics
IBIS 406-0 Advanced Topics in Cell Biology
IBIS 407-0 Genetics & Epigenetics
STAT 465-0
Statistical Methods for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
or Bioinformatics: Sequence and Structure Analysis
Spring
QSB 499-0 QSB Masters Research
IBIS 432-0 Statistics for Life Sciences
Choose one from the following:
IBIS 401-0 Molecular Biophysics
IBIS 404-0 Principles and Methods in Systems Biology
BIOL_SCI 393-0 Human Genomics
Summer
QSB 590-0 QSB Thesis Research
IBIS 421-0 Rigor & Reproducibility in Research *

*Optional

Other Degree Requirements

  • Research: Students will perform laboratory research during three quarters over three academic quarters (QSB 499-0 QSB Masters Research (2X) and QSB 590-0 QSB Thesis Research)
  • Master's thesis: Students must prepare and defend a master’s thesis