Biology

Recent technological breakthroughs in DNA sequencing mean that scientists can characterize an organism’s entire genome in a matter of days. But a great challenge remains in translating that genomic sequence — nature’s data set — into biology.

That translation is fundamentally changing how we study biology.

In the data science domain area of biology, you will find yourself on the cutting edge of the field, working in the acquisition, analysis, and interpretation of data and how it applies to gene function, disease, ecology, and the assembly and characterization of new genomes.

Domain Requirements

You will take at least two biology domain core courses and four courses from the electives menu.

Biology Core Courses (you must take at least two)

course

title

quarter offered*

BI 211

General Biology I - Cells

Fall, Winter, Summer

BI 212

General Biology II - Organisms

Winter, Spring, Summer

BI 213

General Biology III - Populations

Fall, Spring

BI 214

General Biology IV – Biochemistry and Genetics

Fall, Spring

Biology Electives (choose four)

course

title

quarter offered*

BI 320**

Molecular Genetics

Fall, Spring

BI 360**

Neurobiology

Fall, Spring

BI 370

Ecology

Winter

BI 410

Data Management & Visualization

Winter

BI 410

Neural Data Analysis

Spring

BI 410L

Data Science for Ecological Conservation

Fall, Spring

BI 471

Population Ecology

Spring

Bi 485

Techniques in Computational Neuroscience

Not offered in 22/23

DSCI 411***

Data Science Capstone

 

* Course schedules are subject to change.

** Course requires CH222, CH223 and BI214.

*** Students with a GPA of 3.75 or higher overall in all data science degree courses are eligible.