Computational Biology Minor

Large-scale data is now a norm in biology and the math and computational skills needed to analyze large-scale data have become crucial in almost every field of biology. For example, the analysis of big data is essential for modern personalized medicine and precision agriculture. The ability to properly analyze and interpret biological data requires biological knowledge and experience as well. Accordingly, the number of biology-related jobs that require math or computational skills has been rapidly increasing in both industry and academia. Courses in the minor were selected mainly because they combine computation or mathematical analysis with biology. The minor is designed to give undergraduate students in biology-related majors the math and computational skills necessary for current biological research.