The University of Western Ontario : HONORS SPECIALIZATION IN BIOINFORMATICS (COMPUTER SCIENCE CONCENTRATION)

This module concentrates on the computational aspects of bioinformatics, while at the same time providing students with enough background in the biosciences to appreciate the contexts in which computation is applied.

Admission Requirements

Completion of first-year requirements with no failures. Students must have an average of at least 70% in 4.0 principal courses, with no mark in these principal courses below 60%, including:

Biology 1222 or 1223;
Chemistry 1050 or the former Chemistry 1020 or 023;
Computer Science 1025A/B or 1026A/B or Engineering Science 1036A/B or the former Computer Science 036a/b;
Computer Science 1027A/B or 1037A/B, in either case with a mark of at least 65%;
1.0 course from: Calculus 1000A/B, 1100A/B, 1201A/B, 1301A/B, 1501A/B, Linear Algebra 1600A/B, Applied Mathematics 1413.

Students taking this module must see a Departmental Counsellor in Computer Science for advice concerning the order in which courses have to be taken.

Module

12.0 courses:

1.0 course: Biochemistry 2280A, Biology 2581B.
0.5 course: Chemistry 2213A/B.
6.0 courses: Computer Science 2208A/B, 2209A/B, 2210A/B, 2211A/B, 2212A/B/Y, 3305A/B, 3319A/B, 3331A/B, 3340A/B, 4460Z, 4462A/B, 4463A/B.
1.0 course: Mathematics 2155A, 2156B.
0.5 course from: Computer Science 3307A/B/Y, 3346A/B.
0.5 course from: Biochemistry 4445F/G, Computer Science 4461A/B.
0.5 course from: Biology 2290F/G, Chemistry 2223B.
0.5 course from: Biochemistry 3381A, Biology 3592A, 3593B.
1.0 course from: Computer Science 4411A/B,4412A/B, 4432A/B, 4445A/B.
0.5 course from: Statistical Sciences 2122A/B, 2141A/B, 2657A, Biology 2244A/B.

*Chemistry 2213A/B and 2223B may be replaced in the module by Chemistry 2273A and 2283G or by the former 253.




Academic Calendar 2009 FACULTIES FACULTY OF SCIENCE, including BMSc BIOINFORMATICS HONORS SPECIALIZATION IN BIOINFORMATICS (COMPUTER SCIENCE CONCENTRATION)