Bioinformatics Minor

One of the following introductory biology courses (3-4 credits):

• BIOL 1010  -  Introduction to Life Sciences (3 cr. + 1 cr. lab)
• BIOL 1011  -  Introductory Biology I (3 cr. + 1 cr. lab)
• BIOL 1150  -  Genetics for Everyone (3 cr.)

One of the following introductory computing courses (3 credits):

• CSCE 1001  -  Fundamentals of Computing I (3 cr.)
• DSCI 1411  -  Fundamentals of Data Science I (3 cr.)

Bioinformatics Specialization (9 credits):

• BIOL 3600  -  Introduction to Bioinformatics (3 cr.)
• BIOL 3601  -  Bioinformatics Tools and Techniques (3 cr.)
• BIOL 4690  -  Bioinformatics Capstone Seminar I (1 cr.)
• BIOL 4691  -  Bioinformatics Capstone Seminar II (2 cr.)

One of the following electives (2-3 credits):

• BIOL 2090  -  Quantitative Biology (3 cr. + 1 cr. lab)
• BIOL 2150  -  Genetics (3 cr.)
• BIOL 3130  -  Molecular Evolution and Population Genetics (3 cr. + 1 cr. lab)
• BIOL 4930  -  Selected Topics in Biology (1-4 cr.)
• CSCE 1101  -  Fundamentals of Computing II (3 cr.)
• CSCE 2202  -  Analysis and Design of Algorithms (3 cr.)
• CSCE 3601  -  Fundamentals of Artificial Intelligence (3 cr.)
• CSCE 4501  -  Big Data Systems (3 cr.)
• DSCI 2410  -  Fundamentals of Data Science II (3 cr.)
• DSCI 2411  -  Data Visualization (3 cr.)
• DSCI 3413  -  Biostatistics (3 cr.)
• DSCI 3415  -  Fundamentals of Machine Learning (3 cr.)
• DSCI 4411  -  Fundamentals of Data Mining (3 cr.)
• DSCI 4412  -  Introduction to Big Data Technologies (3 cr.)
• DSCI 4413  -  Analysis of Categorical Data (3 cr.)
• DSCI 4415  -  Advanced Machine Learning (3 cr.)

Notes

Students are reminded to work out a feasible study plan for the required courses in this minor.

The elective course must be from outside the student’s declared major.