You have to take 40 ECTS of courses within the list of core courses. This is a closed list meaning courses that are not on the list that is on the official study plan cannot be counted as core courses. You must acquire at least 1 ECTS, i.e. do one course, in each subcategory (bioinformatics, biophysics, biosystems, big data) and you must take the CBB seminar. Here is some extra information on some of the more popular core courses. Test.
Bioinformatics
| Course | Info | Comment |
|---|---|---|
Computational Biology |
| Great course with great lecturers. Biweekly assignments consist of programming in R, manageable for a not very experienced programmer. Many students tend to take it in their 1st semester (or 3rd). Written exam can be taken in Zurich or Basel. Other view: I found the title a bit misleading. This is mostly about Tanja Stadler's research into phylogeny, phylodynamics, not really an overview over comp. bio |
Evolutionary Dynamics |
| Interesting course. Very time consuming weekly assignments with a lot of mathematical derivations and some coding in R (which can be made easier by watching the previous year solution via the video portal). Assignments can be done in groups and derivations are a great bonding experience! Oral exam in Basel - so far Prof Beerenwinkel let student choose one out of two or three areas tested in the exam. |
Statistical Analysis of High-Throughput Genomic and Transcriptomic Data |
| One exercise to solve every week, but only the 9 best exercises count for the grade (so you can skip the last ones if you collected enough points in the first 9 weeks). Jounal Club (groups of 2-3 students have to present a paper). No final exam but a project to hand in begining of January. Prof. Robinson is easy to reach and to get feedback from using the course's Slack. Personal Opinion: Course is very advanced and does not really explain theory, you might be overwhelmed if you take it in first semester. However you don't really have to understand the topics to get a fine grade, as Homework, Journal Club and Project are graded generously. |
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