Computational and Systems Biology majors select a coherent integration of courses from one of three designated tracks: bioinformatics, biological data sciences, or dynamical modeling. The synergy for all tracks is integrative systems, information, and computational systems modeling sciences in biology. The focus is primarily quantitative, as mastery of advanced quantitative skills is essential for multidisciplinary understanding. Each track emphasizes different systems or modalities, and modeling or other computational approaches. Students choose one of the three tracks when they declare the major. Well-justified customized tracks may also be approved by the faculty.<br><br>Bioinformatics Track<br><br>The bioinformatics track is designed for students interested in computational discovery and management of biological data, primarily genomic, proteomic, or metabolomic data. Bioinformatics emphasizes computational, statistical, and other mathematical approaches for mining, modeling, and analyzing high-throughput biological data and the inherent structure of biological information. Example research problems include finding statistical patterns that reveal genomic or evolutionary or developmental information, studying how regulatory sequences give rise to programs of gene expression, or researching how the genome encodes the capabilities of the human mind.