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Certificate to MS Course Map

A course map for the Certificate-to-MS pathway that completes the MS degree in the minimum time of 5 semesters is provided below. Some notes:

• This is only one version of such a course map and there are a handful of other pathways that can be accomplished within 5 semesters as well as pathways that can take longer.
• The specific Math Tools classes required for provisional admission to the MS is determined by the Department of Bioinformatics and Biostatistics admissions committee. Most will be required to take all 3. Some may be relieved of Math Tools I and/or II.
• While there is flexibility in how elective classes are scheduled (talk to an advisor to learn more), the important MS sequence of classes PHST 661 -> PHST 662 -> PHST 683 is a rigid Fall-Spring-Fall sequence and cannot be completed in less than 3 semesters.
• Nearly all of our courses are offered in a single semester (only Fall or only Spring) and many of the classes have in-program prerequisites. As such, deviations from this course map (or any other) can extend study well beyond the five semesters outlined below.