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Home » Undergraduate Education » Degree Programs » BS Computer Science: Bioinformatics
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BS Computer Science with a Specialization in Bioinformatics

The explosion in biological knowledge spawned by the various genome projects has created entirely new fields and industries, and a need for trained computational biologists who are familiar with Biology, Mathematics, and Computer Sciences.

The Computer Science and Engineering Department offers rigorous, interdisciplinary training in the new and rapidly evolving field of bioinformatics. Bioinformatics refers to advanced computational and experimental methods that model the flow of information (genetic, metabolic and regulatory) in living systems to provide an integrated understanding of the system properties of organisms.

    Bioinformatics Course Requirements

    Lower Division Requirements

    • CSE 11 or (CSE 8A/8AL and CSE 8B), CSE 12, and CSE 21
    • Chemistry 6A, 6B, 6C, and one lab
    • BILD 1, BILD 2, and BILD 94
    • Physics 2A, 2B, and 2C
    • Math 20A, 20B, 20C, and 20F

    Upper Division Requirements

    • Data Structures (CSE 100),
    • Algorithms (CSE 101)
    • Organic Chemistry (140A and 140B)
    • Biochemical Energetics and Metabolism (Chem. 114B) or Structural and Metabolic Biochemistry (BIBC 102)
    • Biochemical Techniques (BIBC 103)
    • Genetics (BICD 100)
    • Molecular Biology (BIMM 100) or Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry (Chem 114D)
    • Recombinant DNA Lab (BIMM 101) or Recombinant DNA Lab (Chem 112B)
    • Cell Biology (BICD 110)
    • Physical Biochemistry (BIBC 110) or Physical Chemistry (Chem 127)
    • Five CSE upper division electives At least one course from each of the following groups:
      • Group I: CSE 30, 111, 131A, 131B, 134A, 135
      • Group II: CSE 105, 150, 151, MATH 184A
      • Group III: CSE 132A, 132B, 133

    The Bioinformatics Series

    • Molecular Sequence Analysis (CSE 181)
    • Biological Databases (CSE 182)
    • Applied Genomic Technologies (BENG 183)
    • Computational Molecular Biology (CSE 184)
    • Bioinformatics lab (BIMM 185)
    • Probability and Statistics (Math 186)

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