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Bachelor of Computer Bioinformatics
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Course Requirements
To qualify for the award of the degree Bachelor of
Computer Bioinformatics (BCompBioinf), students must
complete 198 credit points as detailed, over four years
full-time (or equivalent part-time). Students achieving
a WAM of greater than 67.5 will undertake the Honours
strand in their final year, while other students will
continue in the non-Honours strand.
Program of Study
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| Year 1 |
| BIOL103 |
Molecules, Cells and Organisms |
6 |
| BIOL104 |
Evolution, Biodiversity and Environment |
6 |
| CHEM101 |
Chemistry 1A: Introductory Physical and General Chemistry |
6 |
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| CHEM102 |
Chemistry 1B: Introductory Organic and Physical Chemistry
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6 |
| CHEM104 |
Chemistry 1D (Introductory Chemistry) |
6 |
| or |
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| CHEM105 |
Chemistry 1E (Introductory Chemistry) |
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| CSCI111 |
Computer Science 1 A |
6 |
| CSCI121 |
Computer Science 1 B |
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| MATH141 |
Mathematics 1C Part 1 |
6 |
| or |
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| MATH187 |
Mathematics 1A Part 1 |
6 |
| MATH142 |
Mathematics 1C Part 2 |
6 |
| or |
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| MATH188 |
Mathematics 1A Part 2 |
6 |
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| Year 2 |
| BIOL213 |
Principles of Biochemistry |
6 |
| BIOL215 |
Introductory Genetics |
6 |
| CSCI203 |
Data Structures, Algorithms, Systems |
6 |
| CSCI213 |
Java Programming & Internet |
6 |
| CSCI235 |
Databases |
6 |
| MATH111 |
Applied Mathematical Modelling 1 |
6 |
| MATH283 |
Mathematics 2E for Engineers Part 1 |
6 |
| or |
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| MATH203 |
Linear Algebra |
6 |
| Plus one CSCI 200 level elective. |
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| Year 3 |
| BIOL303 |
Biotechnology: Applied Molecular and Cell Biology |
8 |
| CHEM320 |
Bioinformatics: From Genome to Structure |
8 |
| CSCI311
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Software Process Management |
6 |
| CSCI315 |
Database Design and Implementation |
6 |
| CSCI321 |
Project |
12 |
| STAT231 |
Probability and Random Variables |
6 |
| STAT304 |
Operations Research and Applied Probability |
6 |
| or |
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| CSCI323 |
Artificial Intelligence |
6 |
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| Year 4 (Honours) - WAM >67.5
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| BIOL320 |
Molecular Cell Biology |
8 |
| INFO403 |
Computer Bioinformatics Honours Project |
24 |
| INFO411 |
Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery |
6 |
| STAT304 |
Operations Research and Applied Probability |
6 |
| or |
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| CSCI464 |
Neural Computing |
6 |
| 300/400 level elective chosen from the
Biology, Computer Science or Mathematics Schedule. |
6 |
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| Year 4 (Non-Honours) |
| BIOL320 |
Molecular Cell Biology |
8 |
| INFO411 |
Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery |
6 |
| STAT304 |
Operations Research and Applied Probability |
6 |
| or |
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| CSCI464 |
Neural Computing |
6 |
| Plus 30 credit points of 300/400 level
electives chosen from the Biology, Computer Science or
Mathematics Schedule, of which at least 24 credit points
must be at 400 level. |
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