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 Science in Computer Science
Bioinformatics Option
(ABET/CAC-accredited)

Effective for students entering in or after Fall 2006.

If you entered before Fall 2006, you may change to this curriculum with your advisor's approval.
P(...) = Prerequisite Courses; Co(...) = Corequisite Courses.

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SEM	Course	Course	Course	Course	Course	Tot Hrs 131
1	UW 20 (4) University Writing	CSci 1 (1) Computer Science Orientation (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 Reqt 1 (3)	16
2	H/SS 1 (3)	CSci 123 (3) Discrete Structures P(Math 20/31)	Csci 133 (3) Algorithms and Data Structures I (Java) P(CSci 53)	Chem 12 (4) General Chemistry	Math Reqt 2 (3)	16
3	CSci 124 (3) Discrete Structures II P(CS 123 and Math 31)	CSci 135 (3) Computer Architecture I P(CSci 123, CSci 133)	CSci 143 (3) Software Engineering I (Java+C) P(CSci 133)	Chem 151+153 (4) Organic Chemistry w lab	BiSc 11 (4)	17
4	CSci 144 (3) Intro to Bioinformatics P(BiSc 14)	CSci 145 (3) Programming Languages P(CSci 143)	CSci 146 (3) Database Systems and Team Projects Co(CSci 143)	Chem 152+154 (4) Organic Chemistry w lab	BiSc 12 (4)	17
5	Phys 1 or 21 (4) General Physics w lab	CSci 152 (4) Foundations of Computing P(CSci 135, CSci 143)	CSci 153 (4) Algorithms P(CSci 123, CSci 143)	CSci 154 (4)  Operating System P(CSci 135, CSci 143)		16
6	Phys 2 or 22 (4) General Physics w lab	CSci 136 (3) Computer Architecture II P(CSci 135)	CSci 165+166 (4) Computational Biology P(CSci 144, CSci 151)	H/SS 2 (3)	Statistics Reqt 2 (3)	17
7	Humanities or Social Science (H/SS) Elective 3 (3)	Unrestricted Elcetive (3)	CSci 195 (4) Capstone Senior Design Project I P(CSci 161, CSci 178)	H/SS 4 (3)	Unrestricted Elcetive (3)	16
8	CS Tech Track Elec (3)	H/SS 5 (3)	CSci 196 (4) Capstone Senior Design Project II P(CSci 195)	Elective E2 or B2 (3)	H/SS 6 (3)	16