Bachelor of Science [B.S] [Bioinformatics (Concentration in Computational)] From Virginia Commonwealth University

The bachelor’s program in bioinformatics requires breadth of training via VCU Life Sciences’ general education requirements, specific training in the collateral course work and bioinformatics core, and focused training in the areas of biology/genomics, computational science or quantitative/statistical bioinformatics through the concentration-specific courses.

Learning outcomes:

• Present scientific results, both orally and in writing, in a way that makes clear to an appropriate target audience the distinction between what is known (and how) and what is merely suspected between an observation and a conclusion in a way that tells a compelling story

• Will have demonstrated fundamental knowledge of the basic concepts of biology (particularly molecular biology), the physical sciences, mathematics, statistics and computational science and the ability to apply that knowledge within the context of bioinformatics

• Will have demonstrated an ability to identify and analyze bioinformatics problems and strategies to solve said problems

• Will possess an appropriate level of technical knowledge and ability necessary to address a scientific problem by exploiting biological software and datasets and creating simple bioinformatics tools

• Will have demonstrated an ability to identify and access relevant scientific literature and draw from it in a meaningful and critical manner