Department of Computer Science
The George Washington University
801 22nd Street NW, Suite 704
Washington DC 20052
Voice: (202) 994-7181
Fax: (202) 994-4875
E-mail: cs@gwu.edu

Bachelor of Arts in Computer Science
(ABET-CAC-accredited)
(Bioinformatics Option)

Effective for students entering in or after Fall 2002

If you entered before Fall 2002, you may change to this curriculum with your advisor's approval.

P(...) = Prerequisite Courses; Co(...) = Corequisite Courses.

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Semester						Total Credit Hours 132
1	Engl 9 or 10 or EFL 50 (3) English Composition	CSci 41 (3) Introduction to Computer Science (Entering SEAS freshmen also take SEAS 1 (1))	CSci 53 (3) Intro to Software Development (Java) Co(CSci 41)	Chem 11 (4) General Chemistry	Math 20 or 31 (3) Calc with Precalc I	17
2	Social or Behavioral Science Elective (3)	CSci 123 (3) Discrete Structures P(Math 20 or 31)	Csci 133 (3) Algorithms and Data Structures I  (Java) P(CSci 53)	Chem 12 (4) General Chemistry P(Chem 11)	Math 21 or 32 (3) Calc with Precalc II P(Math 20 or 31)	16
3	BiSc 13 (4) Intro to Biology	CSci 135 (3)  Introduction to Computer Organization  P(CSci 123, CSci 133)	CSci 143 (3) Software Engineering I (Java+C) P(CSci 133)	Chem 151+153 (4) Organic Chemistry w Lab P(Chem 12)	Statistics Elective (3)	17
4	BiSc 14 (4) Intro to Biology	Social or Behavioral Science Elective (3)	CSci 147 (3) Team Software Project Co(CSci 143)	Chem 152+154 (4) Organic Chemistry w Lab P(Chem 151)	Engl 11 or 13 (3) English Composition P(Engl 9/10/EFL 50)	17
5	BiSc 103 (4) Biochemistry P(BiSc 14, Chem 151-152)	Humanities Elective (3)	CSci 151 (3) Algorithms and Data Structures II P(CSci 143)	Phys 1 or 21 (4) General Physics w Lab	Creative and Performing Arts Elective (3)	17
6	BiSc 104 (2) Biochemistry Lab P(BiSc 103)	BiSc 107 (3) + BiSc 108 (1) Genetics + Lab P(BiSc 14)	CSci 178 (3) Database Systems I P(CSci 143)	Phys 2 or 22 (4) General Physics w Lab P(Phys 1 or Phys 21)	Language and Culture Elective (3)	16
7	BiSc 109 (3) Molecular Biology P(BiSc 14, Chem 12)	BiSc 137 (4) Intro to Microbiology P(BiSc 14, Chem 12)	Humanities Elective (3)	Literature Elective (3)	Language and Culture Elective (3)	16
8	BiSc 180 (3) Biotechnology P(BiSc 107)	BiSc 122 (3) + BiSc 123 (1) Human Physiology + Lab P(BiSc 14, Chem 12)	CSci 177 (3) Intro to Bioinformatics P(BiSc 13-14, CSci 151)	BiSc 151 (3) History of Life P(BiSc 14)	Literature Elective (3)	16