Duration

4 years

Starting Date

January, June, August

Tuition Fee

$ 26,580/year

Location

Starkville, United States

About the program

If you are a computer nerd but also love biology, bioinformatics may be the best path. A strong grasp of mathematics is essential in this Biochemistry – Bioinformatics program at Mississippi State University. Bioinformatics is fundamentally about the application of computer-based approaches to the understanding of biological processes.

Today’s technology has given us high-capacity analysis of genes and proteins which make it necessary to integrate informatics when solving biological problems.

Career Opportunities and Professional School Information

Biochemists, molecular biologists, entomologists, and plant pathologies are employed in a variety of industries concerned with genetic engineering, human and animal nutrition, processing of foods, development of drugs and other medications, manufacture of chemicals for a wide range of uses, in ecological studies, and also in the area of sales for biochemical products. They also participate in laboratory research in universities and colleges, in research institutes, in hospitals, forensic laboratories and in government installations.

Courses Included

  • Intermediate Computer Programming
  • Data Structures and Analysis of Algorithms
  • Discrete Structures
  • Bio-computing
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Computational Biology

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