The Minor in Bioinformatics
Mindful of the emerging opportunities at the interface of biology and computer science, the Department of Biology and the Department of Computer Science & Engineering have fashioned the minor in bioinformatics. This program serves students from both departments as well as other students from the natural sciences and engineering with an interest in this field.
Units required: 23 to 24 units, as described below
Core courses:
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| Biol 2960 | Principles of Biology I | 4 |
| Biol 2970 | Principles of Biology II | 4 |
| CSE 131 | Introduction to Computer Science | 3 |
| CSE 247 | Data Structures and Algorithms | 3 |
| ESE 326 | Probability and Statistics for Engineering | 3 |
| or Math 2200 | Elementary Probability and Statistics | |
| or Math 3200 | Elementary to Intermediate Statistics and Data Analysis | |
| or Math 3211 | Statistics for Data Science I | |
| or DAT 120 & DAT 121 | Managerial Statistics I and Managerial Statistics II | |
| Total Units | 17 | |
Advanced biology elective: Choose one of the following:
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| Biol 3492 | Laboratory Experiments with Eukaryotic Microbes | 3 |
| Biol 4181 | Population Genetics | 3 |
| Biol 4220 | Practical Bioinformatics | 4 |
| Biol 4342 | Research Explorations in Genomics | 4 |
| Biol 437 | Laboratory on DNA Manipulation | 4 |
| Biol 4525 | Structural Bioinformatics of Proteins (Writing Intensive) | 4 |
Computer Science & Engineering elective: Choose one of the following:
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| CSE 514A | Data Mining | 3 |
| CSE 584A | Algorithms for Biosequence Comparison | 3 |
| or Biol 5504 | Algorithms for Biosequence Comparison | |
| CSE 587A | Algorithms for Computational Biology | 3 |
Additional Information
It is anticipated that, for those students majoring in biology or computer science & engineering (CSE), some portion of the introductory sequence will overlap with the courses required for the major and that these courses will be applicable to both the major and the minor. Upper-level courses in biology and CSE used to fulfill the minor requirements may not be used to fulfill the requirements of another major or minor in Arts & Sciences. A minimum grade of C- is required for all courses to count toward the minor.