Major in Biotechnology, Concentration in Bioinformatics
The purpose of this interdisciplinary concentration is to prepare students to enter the computer-intensive fields of bioinformatics, computational biology, computational chemistry, and molecular modeling including genomics and proteomics. With the ever increasing number of fully sequenced genomes, including the human genome, databases such as GenBank and EMBL have grown at such a rate that storing, organizing, indexing, and ultimately mining the data have become key to answering biological questions. Questions of gene expression have led to computational biology, the process of analyzing genomic sequences and to the field of proteomics, the understanding of protein structure and function. The information obtained by computational biology and computational chemistry is used in the design of new drugs to treat a variety of diseases.
Requirements for the Major in Biotechnology, Concentration in Bioinformatics
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| BI-141 | Intro to Cellular and Molecular Biology | 4 |
| BI-204 | Microbiology | 4 |
| BT-375 | Tissue Culture | 4 |
| BT-376 | Biotechnology | 4 |
| BT-410 | Biotechnology Seminar | 1 |
| CH-120 & CH-121 | General Chemistry I and General Chemistry II | 8 |
| CH-201 & CH-203 | Organic Chemistry I (lecture) and Organic Chemistry Laboratory I | 5 |
| CH-210 | Chemical Analysis: an Introduction to Modern Methods | 5 |
| CH-410 | Biochemistry I | 4 |
| Major Electives | (8 credits) | |
| Select two of the following electives: | 8 | |
| Histology | ||
| Biochemical Regulatory Mechanisms | ||
| Cancer Biology | ||
| Immunology | ||
| Molecular Biology | ||
| Virology | ||
| Medicinal Chemistry | ||
| Organic Chemistry II (lecture) | ||
| Organic Chemistry Laboratory II | ||
| Modern Physics | ||
| Biochemistry II | ||
| Fermentation Technology | ||
| Bioinformatics | ||
| Internship in Biotechnology | ||
| Green Chemistry | ||
| Computational Chemistry | ||
| Special Topics in Chemistry (Organometallics in Organic Synthesis) | ||
And certain other BI-300, CH-300 and PY-300 level courses with Biotech coordinator approval. | ||
| Ancillary courses | (26 credits) | |
| MA-190 | Pre-calculus (may be waived) | 4 |
| MA-200 | Calculus I | 4 |
| MA-201 | Calculus II | 4 |
| or BI-203 | Genetics | |
| CS-120 | Microcomputer Applications | 3 |
| EN-252 | Technical Writing | 3 |
| or EN-253 | Business Communications | |
| Select one of the following sequences: | 8 | |
| General Physics I and General Physics II (8) | ||
| Physics I (Mechanics) and Physics II ( Electricity, Magnetism and Optics) (8) | ||
| Concentration in Bioinformatics | (20 credits) | |
| BT-378 | Bioinformatics 1 | 4 |
| CS-101 | Basics of Computer Science | 3 |
| CS-140 | Introduction to Programming | 4 |
| CS-242 | Data Structures | 3 |
| CS-282 | Unix Systems Programming | 3 |
| CS-265 | Database Applications | 3 |
| Total Credits | 93 | |
| 1 | The sequence of this LASC course is a suggestion, but serves as a reminder that LASC designated courses must be taken to satisfy the LASC requirements. |