Required and Gap-Filling Courses

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Below are courses currently required for all IQ Biology students to complete during their first year at CU.

Either Bioinformatics and Genomics or AI-Integrated Experimental Design will be required.

Bioinformatics and Genomics: Computational and experimental methods in bioinformatics and genomics, and how these methods provide insights into protein structure and function, molecular evolution, biological diversity, cell biology and human disease. Topics include database searching, multiple sequence alignment, molecular phylogeny, microarrays, proteomics and pharmacogenomics.

Quantitative Optical Imaging:听Explores the fundamentals of optical imaging in biology. Covered topics include an introduction to optics and microscopes, fluorescence microscopy and image analysis. MATLAB will be taught throughout the course and used for image processing.

Prepares biological and biomedical students to integrate predictive models into their research. Covers the underlying technologies needed to understand how predictions are made, along with a framework for confronting the ethical questions they pose (including data sourcing, representation, and costs). Focuses on quantifying when and to what extent we can trust a model's output and how that trust defines its role in scientific discovery, without eroding rigor.

Training in handling issues such as conflicts of interest, mentor/mentee relationships, peer review, research misconduct and authorship and publication. Reviewing policies regarding human and animal subjects, safe laboratory practices. Instruction on conducting quality research including collaborative research, the scientist as a responsible member of society, ethical issues, rigor and reproducibility which will include effective design, execution, analysis, interpretation and communication.

Gap-Filling Courses

In your first year, you will also take up to two courses from already existing course offerings to balance your background with your desired research activities. These 鈥済ap鈥恌illing鈥� courses give you an opportunity to broaden your capabilities and explore areas of quantitative biology that are new to you. Courses from any of our participating departments can be chosen, depending on your background and future research interests. The selection of these courses will be approved or assigned by members of the Academic Advising Committee who will take into consideration the IQ Biology Core Competencies and Key Foundational Areas as well as your individual research interests. Undergraduate coursework may be taken for one of the two courses; however, these credits are unlikely to count towards a doctoral degree.听

To find courses you might like to take, please explore the course listings of our participating departments.听

Gap filling-classes students have taken in the past include:听

  • APPM 2360 - Introduction to Differential Equations with Linear Algebra听
  • BCHM听4611/5611 - Principles of Biochemistry听
  • CSCI 2270 - Computer Science II: Data Structures听
  • CSCI 2897 - Calculating Biological Quantities听
  • CSCI 6118 - Software Engineering for Scientists听
  • EBIO 5460 - Special Topics: Process Modeling with Data for Ecology & Evolution听
  • EBIO 5460 - Special Topics: Data Science for Bio Research听
  • IPHY 4060/5060 - Cell Physiology听
  • MCDB 3135 - Molecular Cell Biology I听
  • MCDB 3160 - Infectious Disease听
  • STATS 5000- Statistical Methods and Application I听

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