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Bioinformatics and Computational Biology B.S.

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Freshman
FallCreditsSpringCredits
BCBIO 1100.5BIOL 2123
ENGL 1503BIOL 212L1
BIOL 2113CHEM 1783
BIOL 211L1MATH 1664
CHEM 1774Social Science Choice3
CHEM 177L1LIB 1601
MATH 1654 
 16.5 15
Sophomore
FallCreditsSpringCredits
MATH 2654BIOL 3143
BIOL 3133COM S 2274
BIOL 313L1MATH 2073
CHEM 3313BCBIO 2113
STAT 330 or STAT 3413Humanitites Choice3
ENGL 2503 
 17 16
Junior
FallCreditsSpringCredits
COM S 2283COM S 3633
GEN 4093Bioinformatics Support Elective**3
PHYS 2215Humanites Choice3
STAT 4303Elective*3
Humanites Choice3Social Science Choice3
 17 15
Senior
FallCreditsSpringCredits
ENGL 312 or ENGL 3143BCBIO 490 or BCBIO 4913
COM S 330 or CPR E 3103BCBIO 4023
BCBIO 4013Elective*3
Humanities Choice3Social Science Choice3
 12 12
Total Credits: 120.5

 

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LAS majors require a minimum of 120 credits, including a minimum of 45 credits at the 300/400 level. Students must also complete the LAS foreign language requirement. Students who did not complete 3 years of foreign language in high school will need to earn foreign language credit before graduating.

Students in all ISU majors must complete a three-credit course in U.S. diversity and a three-credit course in international perspectives. See list of approved courses (http://www.registrar.iastate.edu/courses/div-ip-guide.html). Discuss with adviser how the two courses that you select can be applied to your graduation plan.

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Bioinformatics Support Electives are to be chosen from the following list:

  • BCB 548, 548, 593, 594, 596
  • BBMB 404,405
  • BIOL 315, 423, 462, 465, 472
  • GEN 340, 410
  • STAT 342, 402, 416, 432, 480
  • COM S and CPR E courses at the 300 level or above
  • MATH (266 OR 267), 404, 314,485, 481