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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