Bioinformatics Minor
The bioinformatics minor is intended primarily for bioinformatics tool users who are majoring in a biological or chemical specialty. The bioinformatics minor is also appropriate for computer science or computer engineering majors who are considering graduate work in bioinformatics. Due to course overlap, the bioinformatics minor cannot be combined with the biomolecular engineering and bioinformatics major (BMEB) B.S. or biotechnology B.A.
Course Requirements
Lower-Division Courses
Biology
Chemistry
| | Either this course | |
| CHEM 3A | General Chemistry | 5 |
| | or these courses | |
| CHEM 4A | Advanced General Chemistry: Molecular Structure and Reactivity | 5 |
| CHEM 4AL | Advanced General Chemistry Lab | 2 |
Single-Variable Calculus
| | Either these courses | |
| MATH 19A | Calculus for Science, Engineering, and Mathematics | 5 |
| MATH 19B | Calculus for Science, Engineering, and Mathematics | 5 |
| | or these courses | |
| MATH 11A | Calculus with Applications | 5 |
| MATH 11B | Calculus with Applications | 5 |
| | or these courses | |
| MATH 20A | Honors Calculus | 5 |
| MATH 20B | Honors Calculus | 5 |
Bioethics
| BME 80G
/PHIL 80G
| Bioethics in the 21st Century: Science, Business, and Society | 5 |
Upper-Division Courses
Genetics
Choose one of the following:
Programming
| BME 160 | Research Programming in the Life Sciences | 6 |
| BME 163 | Applied Visualization and Analysis of Scientific Data | 5 |
Students may substitute CSE 20 for BME 160, although BME 160 is strongly recommended. CSE 20 has a test-out exam that will also be accepted.
Statistics
One of the following:
| | Either these courses | |
| STAT 7 | Statistical Methods for the Biological, Environmental, and Health Sciences | 5 |
| STAT 7L | Statistical Methods for the Biological, Environmental, and Health Sciences Laboratory | 2 |
| | or this course | |
| STAT 131 | Introduction to Probability Theory | 5 |
Bioinformatics
| BME 110 | Computational Biology Tools | 5 |
Electives
Choose two or more electives to meet the requirement of 25 credits of upper-division credits:
| BME 118 | Mathematics of the Mind | 5 |
| BME 122H | Extreme Environmental Virology | 5 |
| BME 130 | Genomes | 5 |
| BME 132 | Evolutionary Genomics | 5 |
| BME 140 | Bioinstrumentation | 5 |
| BME 175 | Entrepreneurship in Biotechnology | 5 |
| BME 205 | Bioinformatics Models and Algorithms | 5 |
| BME 230A | Introduction to Computational Genomics and Systems Biology | 5 |
| BME 237 | Applied RNA Bioinformatics | 5 |
| BME 273 | Stem Cell Epi/Genomics | 3 |