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Core Curriculum

The Bachelor of Science degree in Bioinformatics requires training via the VCU Life Sciences general education requirements. In addition, specific training is required in the collateral course work and bioinformatics core with focused training in the areas of Biology/Genomic, Computer Science or Quantitative/Statistics through track-specific courses.

The bioinformatics program consists of a core curriculum listed below that provides the basics of biology, chemistry, computer science and statistics, as well as an introduction to the field of bioinformatics.

Bioinformatics Core Courses

BNFO 301 Introduction to Bioinformatics

3

BNFO 420 Applications in Bioinformatics

3

BNFO 540 Fundamentals of Molecular Genetics

3

BIOL 151 Introduction to Biological Sciences I

3

BIOL 152 Introduction to Biological Sciences II

3

BIOL 218 Cell Biology

3

CHEM 101 General Chemistry

3

CHEZ/FRSZ 101L General Chemistry Lab

1

CHEM 102 General Chemistry

3

CHEM 301 Organic Chemistry

3

CMSC 255 Structured Programming

4

CMSC 256 Data Structures & Advanced Programming

3

STAT 212 Concepts of Statistics*

3

STAT 314 Applications of Statistics

4

Total credits in bioinformatics core:

42
 

Collateral course work:

LFSC 101 Introduction to Life Sciences

3

MATH 200 Calculus with Analytic Geometry

4

MATH 211 Mathematical Structures

3

PHYS 207 (Univ. Physics I) **

5

Total collateral coursework credits:

15

*Preferred. With program approval, STAT 210 may be substituted.
**Preferred. With program approval, PHYS 201 may be substituted.