Bioinformatics Concentration

This Concentration is designed for students interested in computational discovery and management of biological data, primarily genomic, proteomic or metabolomic data. Bioinformatics concentration studies emphasize computational, statistical and other mathematical approaches for depicting (modeling) and analyzing high-throughput biological data, and the inherent structure of biological information. Example research problems include finding statistical patterns that reveal genomic or evolutionary or developmental information, or how regulatory sequences give rise to “programs” of gene expression, or how the genome encodes the capabilities of the human mind.

APPROVED LIST - CONCENTRATIONS FOR THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2010-2011

Recommended courses are shown with *. Tentative schedule in parentheses.

Consult Curricular & Courses at www.registrar.ucla.edu/catalog/ for detailed course descriptions.

I. The following 2 premajor Program in Computing (PIC) courses (10 units) (in addition to PC 10A or CS 32 (4 units) required in the premajor):

II. Required CORE Courses

1. MCDB M140: Cell Biology: Cell Cycle ( 5 units) (Spring)

OR

MCDB 144: Molecular Biology (5 units) (Fall & Spring)

2. Phy Sci 125: Molecular Systems Biology (4 units) (Spring)

OR

MCDB 172: Genomics and Bioinformatics (5 units) (Winter)

3. Chem C160A/CM260A: Introduction to Bioinformatics and Genomics (4 units) (Fall)

4. Comp Sci CM124: Computational Genetics (4 units) (Spring)

III. One additional course selected from the following subarea groups, chosen in consulatation with a BI mentor, justified as coherent in the proposal submitted when applying to the Major, and approved by the Program Chair.

(A) BI Methodology

(B) BI Computer Science

(C) BI Molecular & Cellular Biochemistry