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The Bioinformatics Major


Recommended Course Sequence for Bioinformatics Majors

*Course prerequisites in italic 
GE: General Education Requirements       

F:  Course offered ONLY in the Fall                 S:  Course offered ONLY in the Spring 

Fall Year 1

Spring Year 1

BIOL 110 Fundamentals of Biology I

BIOL 112 Fundamentals of Biology II (Fundamentals of Biology I)

CHEM 110 Fundamentals of Chemistry I

CHEM 112 Fundamentals of Chemistry II (Fundamentals of Chemistry I)

MATH 121 Calculus I (Precalculus or score of 101-120 on CLM test)

CMPS 147 Computer Science I

GE: First Year Seminar

GE: ENGL 180 College English

Fall Year 2

 Spring Year 2

CHEM 210 Organic Chemistry I          F

(Fundamentals of ChemistryII)

CHEM 212 Organic Chemistry II      S

(Organic Chemistry I)

CMPS 148 Computer Science II

(Computer Science I)

BIOL 331 Genetics (fall or spring) (Fundamentals of Biology II and Fundamentals of Chemistry II)

PSYC 242 Statistics

 or

By convener’s permission: ENSC 345 Ecological Research Design and Statistics

MATH 237 Discrete Structures

(MATH 121 Calculus I)

GE: Readings in Humanities

GE: Social Issues

 Fall Year 3

 Spring Year 3

BIOL 406 Cell and Molecular Biology

(CHEM 212 Organic chemistry II & BIOL 331 Genetics)

BIIN 430 Bioinformatics          S

(CHEM 210 Organic Chemistry I and BIOL 331 Genetics)

CMPS 231 Data Structures

(CMPS 148 Computer Science II)

CMPS 364 Database Design (CMPS 23 Data Structures and MATH 237 Discrete Structures) (if this course is not being offered see the bioinformatics convener for special permission to take an alternate course: Database Management Systems - INFO 332  in the business school)

GE: International Issues Elective

GE: Topics in Humanities

or Topics in Social Sciences

Elective

SCIN TAS School Core

 Fall Year 4

 Spring Year 4

CMPS 345 Analysis of Algorithms      F

(CMPS 231 Data Structures)

BIIN 450 Advanced Bioinformatics   S

(BIOL 406 Cell and Molecular Biology, CMPS 345 Analysis of Algorithms and BIIN 430 Bioinformatics)

GE: History

GE: Intercultural North America

Elective

Elective

Elective

Elective

Note: The Bioinformatics electives may be taken in any of the free elective spaces.

Note: General Education and TAS School Core requirements may be taken in semesters other than those listed to fit the students’ schedules e.g. International Issues could be switched with Intercultural North America etc. However College English needs to be taken as early as possible and Readings in Humanities should be taken in the following semester.

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