Bioinformatics is an interdisciplinary science that, by nature, requires
a new paradigm in graduate training. Students enter bioinformatics by
one of two pathways -- either from a life science background or from a
computing background. The graduate programs at UNCC fuse life science
and computing at a level of complexity that is beyond what can be
achieved in an undergraduate degree. Students entering from the life
sciences are provided with a sequence of two courses which will rapidly
train them in the most relevant aspects of computer science, while
students entering from computing and informatics or other quantitative
disciplines are required to take a sequence of two courses in the
aspects of biology and biochemistry most relevant to bioinformatics.
Program Director:
Dr. Lawrence Mays
Graduate Faculty:
Anthony Fodor, Assistant Professor
Cynthia Gibas, Associate Professor
Dennis Livesay, Associate Professor
Lawrence Mays, Professor
Zhengchang Su, Assistant Professor
Graduate Degree Programs in Bioinformatics at UNCC:
