Bioinformatics

Program Overview

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Bioinformatics

1 year – Ontario College Graduate Certificate

Overview

Get the advanced knowledge and skills you need to work in the rapidly growing and evolving field of bioinformatics. Learn to analyze scientific data, perform data mining, and monitor emerging trends. Develop the methods and tools to understand and disseminate complex biological data. Graduate with work-ready skills and global career opportunities in a variety of sectors including pharmaceutical, environmental, agricultural, genomics, and much more.

Your Future Career:

• Bioinformatics technician
• Scientific data analyst
• Data scientist
• Biostatistician
• Computational geneticist
• Computational Molecular Scientist

What You Learn:

• Statistical programming
• Molecular biology and genetics
• Sequencing technologies
• Bioethics and bioinformatics
• Bioconductor and Biopython
• Interpreting DNA sequence data

Admission Requirements

• Ontario College Diploma, Ontario College Advanced Diploma, Degree, or equivalent in biological sciences, biotechnology, or a related program.
• If English is not your first language, you must provide proof of English competency.

Curriculum

Semester 1

• BNF100 | Statistical Programming with R and Python
• BNF105 | Fundamentals of Linux/Cloud Based Computing
• BNF110 | Molecular Biology and Genetics
• BNF115 | Introductory Bioinformatics
• BNF120 | Sequencing Technologies
• BNF125 | Bioethics and Bioinformatics
• CLT100 | Canada's First Peoples

Semester 2

• BNF200 | Bioconductor and Biopython
• BNF205 | Proteomics for Bioinformatics
• BNF210 | Transcriptomics
• BNF215 | Interpreting DNA Sequence Data
• BNF250 | Capstone: Independent Data Analysis Project

Tuition Fees

– 1 year – Ontario College Graduate Certificate

• College Drive Campus – Domestic
  • Year | Tuition | Ancillary Fees | Material Fee | Trip Fee | Total
  • 1 | $4168.7 | $1587 | - | - | $5755.7
• College Drive Campus – International
  • Year | Tuition | Ancillary Fees | Material Fee | Trip Fee | Total
  • 1 | $23097.48 | $1975.5 | - | - | $25072.98

What You Need

Textbooks:

Check out the Campus Bookstore to not only purchase your textbooks but also view your book list before the semester starts.

Technology/Devices:

Canadore College has implemented Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) to enhance your learning experience in and out of the classroom while ensuring flexibility in learning.

Certification/Accreditation

• Ontario College Graduate Certificate

Learning Outcomes

Learning outcomes represent culminating demonstrations of learning and achievement. In addition, learning outcomes are interrelated and cannot be viewed in isolation of one another. As such, they should be viewed as a comprehensive whole. They describe performances that demonstrate that significant integrated learning by graduates of the program has been achieved.

Further Your Education

There are many options available to students who already have some postsecondary education.

Whether you are looking to study at Canadore from another school, continue your education at Canadore, or looking to pursue further education elsewhere, we can help find the right path for you!

Whether you want to Transfer TO Canadore, Transfer WITHIN Canadore, or prepare to Transfer FROM Canadore, we've got you covered!

Learn more about Credit Transfer and Pathway opportunities here.