Bioinformatics Minor
Bioinformatics is a rapidly expanding interdisciplinary field focused on collecting, processing, and analyzing vast amounts of biological and biomedical data and 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
Prerequisites
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| CIST 1400 | INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER SCIENCE I 1 | 3 |
| BIOL 1450 | BIOLOGY I | 5 |
| Total Credits | 8 | |
Required Courses
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Core Courses | ||
| BIOI 1000 | INTRODUCTION TO BIOINFORMATICS | 3 |
| BIOI 2000 | FOUNDATIONS OF BIOINFORMATICS | 3 |
| BIOI 3000 | APPLIED BIOINFORMATICS | 3 |
| 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 | ||
| SENIOR PROJECT IN BIOINFORMATICS I | ||
| SENIOR PROJECT IN BIOINFORMATICS II | ||
| GENETICS | ||
| MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL | ||
| MOLECULAR GENETICS | ||
| CELLULAR BIOLOGY | ||
| GRAPH THEORY & APPLICATIONS | ||
| DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS | ||
| Total Credits | 18 | |
| 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. |