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 |
| 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 |
MATH 19A, MATH 19B: preferred
Bioethics
BME 80G
/PHIL 80G
| Bioethics in the 21st Century: Science, Business, and Society | 5 |
Upper-Division Courses
Genetics
Choose one of the following:
| One of these courses | |
BME 105 | Genetics in the Genomics Era | 5 |
| OR | |
BIOL 105 | Genetics | 5 |
| OR | |
METX 140 | Molecular Biology and Microbial Genetics | 5 |
BME 105: strongly recommended
Programming
BME 160 | Research Programming in the Life Sciences | 6 |
BME 163 | Applied Visualization and Analysis of Scientific Data | 5 |
Statistics
STAT 131 | Introduction to Probability Theory | 5 |
Bioinformatics
BME 110 | Computational Biology Tools | 5 |
Electives
Choose one of the following: