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. The bioinformatics minor cannot be combined with the biomolecular engineering and bioinformatics major.
Course Requirements
A bioinformatics minor consists of the following 11 courses:
Lower-Division Courses
Biology
All of the following courses:
Chemistry
The following course:
Single-Variable Calculus
Choose one of the following options:
Bioethics
Choose one of the following courses:
BME 80G
/PHIL 80G
| Bioethics in the 21st Century: Science, Business, and Society | 5 |
BME 18 | Scientific Principles of Life | 5 |
Upper-Division Courses
Genetics
Choose one of the following courses:
Programming
All of the following courses:
BME 160 | Research Programming in the Life Sciences | 6 |
BME 163 | Applied Visualization and Analysis of Scientific Data | 3 |
Statistics
The following courses:
Bioinformatics
The following course:
BME 110 | Computational Biology Tools | 5 |