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The Computer Science Bioinformatics Concentration at Hunter College
For Computer Science Majors: The Bioinformatics Concentration
A new interdisciplinary concentration has been created for computer science majors. This cutting-edge research area involves computer scientists, biologists, chemists, and mathematicians and statisticians in fields such as computational biology, biological software engineering, protein chemistry, biostatistics and other hi-tech areas of research involving the health and well-being of the human population. Computer science students in the bioinformatics track follow the curriculum listed below:
Computer Science Component - 26 Credits
- CSCI 13500 (4 cr.): Software Analysis and Design I
- CSCI 15000 (4 cr.): Discrete Structures
- CSCI 23500 (3 cr.): Software Analysis and Design II
- CSCI 26500 (3 cr.): Computer Theory I
- CSCI 33500 (3 cr.): Software Analysis and Design III
- CSCI 34000 (3 cr.): Operating Systems
- CSCI 43500 (3 cr.): Database Management
- CSCI 49376 (3 cr.): Big Data Technology
Biology Component - 12 Credits
- BIOL 10000 (4.5 cr.): Principles of Biology I
- BIOL 30000 (4.5 cr.): Biological Chemistry or
- BIOL 30200 (4.5 cr.): Molecular Genetics
- BIOL 42500 (3 cr.): Computational Molecular Biology
Chemistry Component - 12 Credits
- CHEM 10200/10300 (4.5 cr.): General Chemistry I + Lab
- CHEM 10400/10500 (4.5 cr.): General Chemistry II + Lab
- CHEM 22200 (3 cr.): Organic Cehmistry
Mathematics And Statistics Component - 17 Credits
- MATH 15000 (4 cr.): Calculus with Analytic Geometry I
- MATH 15500 (4 cr.): Calculus with Analytic Geometry II
- MATH 16000 (3 cr.): Matrix Algebra
- STAT 21300 (3 cr.): Introduction to Applied Statistics
- STAT 31900 (3 cr.): [New] Bayesian Inference in the Sciences