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Computer Science

Specializations

Bioinformatics Specialization

The Bioinformatics Specialization is available for both the Bachelor of Computer Science (BCS) and the Bachelor of Mathematics (BMath) (Computer Science) plans. The requirements are the same as for the BCS and BMath (CS) plans except that:

  1. Elective breadth and depth requirements are waived, and
  2. Both plans include the following additional constraints on course selection.

All of

BIOL 130 Introductory Cell Biology
BIOL 130L Cell Biology Laboratory
BIOL 239 Genetics
BIOL 240 Fundamentals of Microbiology
BIOL 240L Microbiology Laboratory
BIOL 309 Analytical Methods in Molecular Biology
BIOL 365 Methods in Bioinformatics
BIOL 465 Structural Bioinformatics
CHEM 120 General Chemistry 1
CHEM 120L General Chemistry Laboratory 1
CHEM 123 General Chemistry 2
CHEM 123L General Chemistry Laboratory 2
CS 482 Computational Techniques in Biological Sequence Analysis

 


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