Mathematical Biology and Bioinformatics

Undergraduate Concentration

In the last decade new high throughput techniques, including next-generation DNA sequencing and computational approaches to collect valuable quantitative data, have revolutionized modern biology and impacted the practice of medicine.  In response to the global challenge of analyzing and interpreting this overwhelming amount of data, the fields of Computer Science, Mathematics, and Biology have come together to form the rapidly growing discipline of Mathematical Biology and Bioinformatics (MBB).

The newly formed MBB concentration at Clark will not only introduce you to the key tools and developments in these fields, but also allow you to explore important research questions in cutting-edge biology using experimental techniques together with modeling and analytical tools from the mathematical, computational and statistical sciences.

The Concentration is open to all students, but may be of greatest interest to students planning to major in any STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) related discipline.  If you are interested in the life sciences and enjoy quantitative thinking, then this Concentration is especially well suited for you.

Students who graduated with a Concentration in Mathematical Biology and Bioinformatics will be in a strong position to go into the Biotechnology industry or continue their education in graduate school, either in their major or in a graduate program in Bioinformatics or Computational Biology.

For more information, please visit the Mathematical Biology and Bioinformatics Department’s website.

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• MATH 120 - Calculus I

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• MATH 124 - Honors Calculus I

2.

• MBB 101 - Introduction to Bioinformatics

3.

• CSCI 121 - Data Structures

4.

• MBB 120 - Mathematical Modeling of Biological Systems

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Two electives  (see list below)