Bioinformatics Minor

Bioinformatics is a rapidly expanding interdisciplinary field focused on collecting, processing, and analyzing vast amounts of biological and biomedical data, and it has become an indispensable component of biomedical research. The Minor in Bioinformatics offers an opportunity for students majoring in other disciplines to acquire the foundations of the field and add in-demand skills to their portfolio.

Students are responsible for completing the prerequisites for all courses taken for the Bioinformatics minor.

Requirements

Core Courses
BIOI 1000INTRODUCTION TO BIOINFORMATICS3
BIOI 2000FOUNDATIONS OF BIOINFORMATICS3
BIOI 3000APPLIED BIOINFORMATICS3
Elective Courses
Select 9 hours from the following:9
ADVANCED BIOINFORMATICS PROGRAMMING
INDEPENDENT STUDY 2
SUPERVISED RESEARCH IN BIOLOGY 2
BIOINFORMATICS ALGORITHMS
DATABASE SEARCH AND PATTERN DISCOVERY IN BIOINFORMATICS
COMPUTERIZED GENETIC SEQUENCE ANALYSIS
SPECIAL TOPICS IN BIOINFORMATICS
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL
MOLECULAR GENETICS
CELLULAR BIOLOGY
GRAPH THEORY & APPLICATIONS
DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
Total Credits18
1

A minimum grade of C is required for CIST 1400 and CSCI 1620 as a prerequisite for all subsequent CSCI classes.

2

The number of combined credits from BIOI 4500 and BIOL 4050 cannot exceed 3.