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Bachelor of Computer Bioinformatics

This degree is designed to produce graduates who are, first and foremost, highly trained in relevant areas of computer science and mathematics but who also possess knowledge and skills in molecular biology and related biological science.
The degree has two strands, non-Honours (coursework) and Honours (including a substantial research project).

Entry Requirements / Assumed Knowledge
Approximate UAI: 77
Assumed Knowledge: Any two units of English plus Mathematics.
For entry requirements for students 21 and over or international students, please refer to the relevant prospectus.

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 who achieve a WAM of greater than 67.5 can undertake the Honours strand in their final year, while other students will continue in the non-Honours strand.

Course Program

Subjects

  Credit Points
Year 1
BIOL103 Molecules, Cells and Organisms 6
BIOL104 Evolution, Biodiversity and Environment 6
CSCI103 Molecules, Cells and Organisms 6
CSCI114 Evolution, Biodiversity and Environment 6
CHEM101 Chemistry 1A (or CHEM104 Chemistry 1D) 6
CHEM102 Chemistry 1B (or CHEM105 Chemistry 1E) 6
MATH141 Mathematics 1C Part 1 (or MATH187 1A Part 1) 6
MATH142 Mathematics 1C Part 2 (or MATH188 1A Part 2) 6
Year 2
BIOL213 Principles of Biochemistry 6
BIOL215 Introductory Genetics 6
CSCI124 Object Programming 6
CSCI204 The C Family and Unix 6
CSCI222 Systems Development 6
CSCI235 Databases 6
MATH283 Mathematics 2E for Engineers Part 1
(or MATH203 Linear Algebra)
6
Plus one CSCI 200 level elective.
Year 3
BIOL303 Biotechnology: Applied Cell & Molecular Biology 8
CHEM320 Bioinformatics: From Genome to Structure 8
CSCI315 Database Design and Implementation 6
CSCI321 Project 12
MATH111 Applied Mathematical Modelling 1 6
STAT231 Probability and Random Variables 6
Plus    
STAT304 Operations Research and Applied Probability 6
or    
CSCI323 Artificial Intelligence 6
Year 4 (Honours) - WAM >67.5
BIOL320 Molecular Cell Biology 8
INFO403 Computer Bioinformatics Honours Project 24
INFO411 Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery 6
Plus    
STAT304 Operations Research and Applied Probability 6
or    
CSCI464 Neural Computing 6
300/400 level elective chosen from the Biology, Computer Science or Mathematics Schedule. 6 or 8
Year 4 (Non-Honours)
BIOL320 Molecular Cell Biology 8
INFO411 Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery 6
Plus    
STAT304 Operations Research and Applied Probability 6
or    
CSCI464 Neural Computing 6

Plus 300/400 level electives chosen from the Biology, Computer Science or Mathematics Schedules, of which at least 24 credit points must be at 400 level.

30

Honours

To qualify for an award of Honours, students must satisfactorily complete the requirements listed in Year 4 (Honours) of the Course Program above. The classes of Honours awarded are defined in the Course Rules.

 
 
 

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