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Effective advising is an essential component of this program. The Bioinformatics Steering Committee assigns each student an academic advisor from an appropriate academic unit. The academic advisor provides oversight and guidance for the student's academic progress. The assignment of an academic advisor is based on the student's interests, faculty interests, and faculty advising load. Academic advisors normally are drawn from faculty who regularly teach courses in this program. Students are free to request a change of advisor at any time.

A well-prepared student can complete the Masters degree by taking only graduate courses. This student graduates with an exceptionally strong preparation to enter or continue a career in bioinformatics at an advanced level.

Students who have work experience or undergraduate majors in any field of science, engineering, liberal arts, or life sciences and who have some computing and mathematics preparation and aptitude can succeed, but may need to satisfy the computing prerequisites. Their first few courses are at the upper division undergraduate level to prepare them for their graduate level courses. Such students are STRONGLY advised to order their program in this way. On graduation, they are well prepared for a career in bioinformatics, typically beginning at entry level.

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Milwaukee, WI 53233
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Last updated:  07 Mar 2006 (TK)
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