2014-2015 University Catalog

Bioinformatics Minor

Banner Code: BNF

The undergraduate bioinformatics minor is an interdisciplinary program consisting of required courses in biology, programming, statistics, and bioinformatics.

Eight credits of course work must be unique to the minor. For policies governing all minors, see the Undergraduate Policies section of this catalog.

This program of study is offered by the School of Systems Biology in the College of Science .

Course Work

Students must complete the following courses (either 19 or 20 credits) with a minimum GPA of 2.00, distributed as follows:

BINF 401 - Bioinformatics and Computational Biology I Credits: 3
BINF 402 - Bioinformatics and Computational Biology II Credits: 3
BIOL 213 - Cell Structure and Function Credits: 4
BIOL 482 - Introduction to Molecular Genetics Credits: 3
STAT 250 - Introductory Statistics I Credits: 3
or
STAT 344 - Probability and Statistics for Engineers and Scientists I Credits: 3
CS 112 - Introduction to Computer Programming Credits: 4
or
IT 306 - Program Design and Data Structures Credits: 3

Total: 19 or 20 credits

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Bioinformatics Minor

Course Work

Total: 19 or 20 credits