Biological Data Sciences Minor

Course List
Code Title Credits
Biology  
BI 311 GENETICS 4
Statistics  
ST 411 METHODS OF DATA ANALYSIS 4
Biological Data Sciences  
BDS 211 USE AND ABUSE OF DATA: CRITICAL THINKING IN SCIENCE 3
BDS 310 FOUNDATIONS OF BIOLOGICAL DATA SCIENCES 4
or CS 161 INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER SCIENCE I
or CS 162 INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER SCIENCE II
BDS 311 COMPUTATIONAL APPROACHES FOR BIOLOGICAL DATA 3
Electives  
Select a minimum of 9 credits from the following courses: 9

BB 485

APPLIED BIOINFORMATICS  

BDS 446/CS 446

NETWORKS IN COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY  

BDS 472

ADVANCED COMPUTING FOR BIOLOGICAL DATA ANALYSIS  

BDS 474

INTRODUCTION TO GENOME BIOLOGY  

BDS 475

COMPARATIVE GENOMICS  

BDS 477

POPULATION GENOMICS  

BDS 478

FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS  

BI 454

EVOLUTIONARY GENOMICS  

CS 261

DATA STRUCTURES  

CS 325

ANALYSIS OF ALGORITHMS  

FW 303

SURVEY OF GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS IN NATURAL RESOURCE  

FW 320

INTRODUCTORY POPULATION DYNAMICS  

FW 433

POPULATION DYNAMICS FOR CONSERVATION  

MB 420

MICROBIAL GENOME EVOLUTION AND BIODIVERSITY  

MB 436

THE HUMAN MICROBIOME  

MTH 341

LINEAR ALGEBRA I  

MTH 427

INTRODUCTION TO MATHEMATICAL BIOLOGY  

ST 412

METHODS OF DATA ANALYSIS  

ST 415

DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF PLANNED EXPERIMENTS  

Other course with advisor approval

 
Total Credits 27