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Requirements for a Bachelor of Science in Bioinformatics

The following table summarizes all requirements for a Bachelor of Science in bioinformatics. For an overview of a particular course, click on its title. Consult the Biology Course Descriptions, Computer Science Course Descriptions, or Mathematics Course Descriptions for a list of all biology courses, all chemistry courses, or all mathematics courses, respectively. For one possible breakdown of the major by semester, see the Plan of Study.

Requirements	Credits

Biology	22
BIO 105. Biological Science I BIO 106. Biological Science II BIO 291. Genetics BIO 371. Biochemistry BIO 294. Genomics, with new laboratory BIO 466. Molecular Cell Biology	4 4 3 4 3 4

Chemistry	12
CHEM 101. General Chemistry I and CHML 101. General Chemistry I Lab CHEM 102. General Chemistry II and CHML 102. General Chemistry II Lab CHEM 301. Organic Chemistry I and CHML 301. Organic Chemistry I Lab	4 4 4

Physics	8
PHYS 103. General Physics I and PHYL 103. General Physics Lab I PHYS 104. General Physics II and PHYL 104. General Physics Lab II	4 4

Mathematics	20
MATH 151. Calculus I MATH 152. Calculus II MATH 207. Discrete Mathematics I MATH 208. Discrete Mathematics II MATH 322. Mathematical Probability MATH 323. Mathematical Statistics	4 4 3 3 3 3

Computer Science	11
CS 131. Computer Science I CS 132. Computer Science II CS 232. Algorithms and Data Structures	4 4 3

Electives (two of the following)	6-8
BIO 321. General Microbiology BIO 390. Evolution CHEM 302. Organic Chemistry II, with or without the lab CHML 302 CHEM 401. Physical Chemistry I, with or without the lab CHML 401 CHEM 470. Mechanisms in Biological Systems CS 243. Database Management Systems CS 332. Theory of Computation MATH 241. Linear Algebra MATH 431. Numerical Analysis	3 3 3-4 3-4 3 4 3 3 3

Capstone Course	1
BIF 401. Bioinformatics Seminar	1

Foreign Language	3
One course at the 202 level or above*	3

Clare College (Core Curriculum at St. Bonaventure) †	36
CLAR 101. The Intellectual Journey CLAR 110. Composition and Critical Thinking I CLAR 111. Composition and Critical Thinking II Core Area Courses: CLAR 103. Foundations of the Western World CLAR 105. Inquiry in the Social World CLAR 206. Foundational Religious Texts of the Western World CLAR 207. The Catholic-Franciscan Heritage CLAR 208. World Views CLAR 209. Arts and Literature CLAR 302 & CLRL 302. Inquiry in the Natural World CLAR 304. The Good Life CLAR 401. The University Forum	3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 2

General Electives	0-1

Total	120

* The School of Arts and Sciences requires all majors to complete a foreign language course at the 202 level or higher. Students not prepared to begin at this level will need to take additional courses in the language, which count as general electives.

† The Clare College curriculum also includes a three-credit quantitative reasoning requirement. Bioinformatics majors satisfy this requirement by passing any of the courses listed in the above table under Mathematics.