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New Minor in Bioinformatics
DEPARTMENT OF
COMPUTER & INFORMATION
SCIENCE
AND
DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
Learn how to utilize computing methods and systems from computer and information science
to study important biological and medical problems.
For more information see:
www.cis.fordham.edu/bioinformatics-minor.html
The Bioinformatics minor is a joint program of the Department of Computer & Information Sciences and the
Department of Biological Sciences and available to students at both Fordham College at Rose Hill and Fordham
College at Lincoln Center. If you are interested in a minor in Bioinformatics, please contact Dr. Gary Weiss
([email protected]) at Rose Hill or Dr. Damian Lyons ([email protected]) at Lincoln center.
The basic curriculum for the minor is listed below. Please note that the minor generally requires only 6 courses
(5 for General Science majors) even though more than 6 courses are listed below. The reason is that many of the
courses below can be counted as a requirement or elective toward a science major. When you declare your
minor, we will provide you with the list of courses you must take beyond your major.
Some of these courses have prerequisites that are part of the CORE. It is important to discuss this with the
advisor for the Bioinformatics program.
Courses for the Bioinformatics Minor:
1. Introductory and Intermediate Courses
a. Biological Sciences
• BI 2539/49 (General Genetics with lab) or NS 3033 (Genetics with lab)
• BI 3752 or NS 4076 (Molecular Biology with lab) or BI 3754 (Cell Biology) or NS 3054 (Cell and
Development Biology)
b. Computer Science
• CS 2500 (Information and Data Management)
• CS 3500 (Database Systems)
• CS 4632 (Applied Data Mining) or CS 2850 (Computer Data Analysis)
2. Capstone Courses
CS 4020 Bioinformatics
Bioinformatics is an emerging interdisciplinary field that studies the sequence, structure and function of genes
and proteins in living organisms. Bioinformatics uses techniques and methods from Biology and Computer
Science. When dealing with an influx of raw information, significant amount of effort is spent on how to
effectively and efficiently warehouse and access these data and on new methods and algorithms aimed at mining
this warehoused data in order to make novel discoveries in biology, medicine, and pharmaceuticals. Some
examples of the topics are: genomics, proteomics, phylogenetics, functional genomics, algorithm and data
analysis, micro array and gene expression, genomic medicine, biomarkers for cancer and disease, drug discovery
and design for disease and disorders, database and data mining, network form and function, and ESL (ethical,
societal, and legal) issues.
Tailored to Pre-Health, Biology, General Science, Natural Science, Computer Science & Information Science
and other science majors at FCRH & FCLC
Distinguish yourself from your peers with specialized knowledge in these exploding interdisciplinary areas.
This is a good time to register!!!
For more information contact:
Dr. Gary Weiss
[email protected]
(718) 817-0785
JMH 332
Or
Dr. Damian Lyons
[email protected]
(212) 636-7925
LL 813
Computer and Information Science
JMH Room 340
Dr. Gary Weiss
Phone:(718) 817-0785
Fax: (718) 817-4488
www.cis.fordham.edu
Biological Sciences
Larkin Hall Room 160
Dr. Masaaki Hamaguchi
Phone: (718) 817-3656
Fax: (718) 817-3645