Bioinformatics

THE HYBRID OF COMPUTER SCIENCE AND BIOLOGY

The College of Saint Rose is a place where rigorous intellectual discourse is valued and where a sense of community with students and faculty is considered critical to the learning process.

Our challenging science majors and the practical experience they afford ensure that our graduates are accepted into the most prestigious graduate schools or are selected for immediate placement in career-track jobs.

Our science programs include a new interdisciplinary major in Bioinformatics—the application of computer science to biological problems that involve large quanities of complex data. Intrigued? Classic bioinformatics problems include the Human Genome project, the development of evolutionary trees, and predicting the shape of proteins through an analysis of amino acid sequences.

Careers

Graduates of this program will be prepared to be employed in this growing field, and will also be prepared to enter graduate programs. 

Program

The Bioinformatics program is an interdisciplinary one that requires credits in computer science, mathematics, and the sciences. Students are required to maintain the following minimum academic indexes: 2.25 in the major, 2.00 in each computer information systems course, and 2.25 as the overall average.

Major in Bioinformatics

CIS 202 Introduction to Programming (4 credits )
CIS 302 Data Structures (4 credits )
CIS 321 Database Management Systems (4 credits )
CIS 342 Artificial Intelligence (3 credits )
CIS 431 Algorithms (3 credits)
CIS 434 Software Engineering (3 credits)
CIS 414 Bioinformatics 1 (3 credits)
CIS 415 Bioinformatics 2 (3 credits)
CIS 416 Bioinformatics Project (3 credits)
MAT 190 Calculus 1 (4 credits)
MAT 191 Calculus 2 (4 credits )
MAT 195 Elementary Statistics (4 credits)
MAT 220 Foundations of Mathematics (3 credits)
BIO 190 Principles of Biology 1 (4 credits)
BIO 191 Principles of Biology 2 (4 credits)
BIO 307 Biochemistry 1 (4 credits)
BIO 358 Genetics (4 credits)
CHM 190 General Chemistry 1 (4 credits)
CHM 191 General Chemistry 2 (4 credits)
CHM 201 Organic Chemistry 1 (4 credits)
CHM 202 Organic Chemistry 2 (4 credits)

Two CIS electives from courses at the 300 level or higher (6 credits)