Systems Biology Minor

Overview

The Systems Biology minor introduces undergraduate students to an active, interdisciplinary, quantitative biosciences research and teaching field at UCLA. It offers a coherent course plan encompassing basic foundations of the field. Beside broadening student knowledge in systems biology, the minor provides students with enhanced perspective about computational and systems biology methods and applications and better prepares students to make more informed choices about their future directions and careers. The minor consists of lower-division courses basic to the minor, a survey seminar course, four core courses, and one elective course that provide the needed background in molecular and cell biology, computational and systems engineering, and mathematical modeling and simulation methods for biological systems.

Entry to the Minor

Admission

To enter the minor, students must be in good academic standing (2.0 grade-point average or better) and have completed Computer Science 31 or Program in Computing 10A with a grade of C or better. Requests to declare the minor must be sent by e-mail to the program. The e-mail should include full name, UID number, request to declare the minor, and a statement indicating whether the student consents to being added to the departmental Common Collaboration and Learning Environment (CCLE) web page.

Minor Requirements

The Minor

Required Lower-Division Courses (8 units)

Required Upper-Division Courses (24 units)

Complete six courses as follows:

C&S BIO M184 - Introduction to Computational and Systems Biology C&S BIO M186 - Computational Systems Biology: Modeling and Simulation of Biological Systems EC ENGR 102 - Systems and Signals

General Catalog 2022-23