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 212Organic 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 andTASSchool 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 andReadings in Humanities should be taken in the following semester.