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