bioinformatics core courses & recommended electives

bioinformatics core courses

the major average in bioinformatics will be calculated on all required core courses of the honours bsc or four-year bsc:

bioinformatics

• bioinformatics 3711 - bioinformatics
• either bioinformatics 4191 - special topics in biological chemistry or physics 3511
• either bioinformatics 4501 - senior project or bioinformatics 4111 - research seminars and bioinformatics 4901 - honours thesis

biology

• biology 1110 - animal biology
• biology 2171 - genetics
• biology 2230 - cell biology
• biology 2711 - biology of microorganisms
• biology 2910 - laboratory biology
• biology 3135 - molecular genetics
• biology 3330 - molecular biology of development

chemistry

• chemistry 1110 - modern chemistry i
• chemistry 1130 - modern chemistry ii
• chemistry 2211 - organic chemistry i
• chemistry 2231 - organic chemistry ii
• chemistry 2411 - physical chemistry i
• chemistry 3251 - biochemistry i
• chemistry 3271 - biochemistry ii

computer science

• computer science 1411 - computer programming i
• computer science 1431 - computer programming ii
• computer science 2412 - data structures
• computer science 2477 - object oriented programming
• computer science 3413 - database management systems
• computer science 4411 - programming languages

mathematics

• mathematics 1171 - calculus i
• mathematics 1172 - calculus ii
• mathematics 2111 - differential equations
• mathematics 2255 - linear algebra i
• mathematics 3332 - introduction to mathematical probability
• mathematics 3334 - introduction to mathematical statistics

physics

• physics 1101 - introductory physics
• physics 2331 - modern physics i

recommended electives

• biology 3138 - molecular anthropology i
• biology 4230 - cancer biology
• chemistry 3231 - organic chemistry iii
• chemistry 3451 - physical chemistry iii
• chemistry 4131 - special topic
• chemistry 4710 - advanced research methodology
• computer science 4471 - computer graphics
• computer science 4475 - topics in artificial intelligence
• computer science 4478 - object-oriented design and methodology
• mathematics 2275 - linear algebra ii
• mathematics 3351 - applied numerical methods
• mathematics 3371 - computational linear algebra and numerical approximation i