Nov 05, 2024  
2024-2025 Graduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Graduate Catalog

Bioinformatics: Agriculture and Natural Resources Minor


Bioinformatics is the retrieval and analysis of biochemical and biological data using mathematics and computer science. Graduate students who wish to increase their knowledge of bioinformatics or integrate the topic with other fields of study may choose the Bioinformatics minor.

Campus Code


Knoxville Campus

Admissions Standards/Procedures


The student must be accepted by the Office of Graduate Admissions and a department or program at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Graduate students in the Entomology and Plant Pathology department in concentrations that include bioinformatics are not eligible.

Academic Standards


The student must be in good academic standing with the Graduate School.

Credit Hours Required


9 graduate credit hours

Non-Course Requirements


The student’s graduate committee must include a member of the faculty from the Entomology and Plant Pathology department who will advise the student on graduate courses required for the minor.