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4.5.2 Bioinformatics Major

Required Courses:

Biology 241, 243
Chemistry 201, 203, 351
Mathematics 265 or 249, 267
Statistics 321
Computer Science 217 and 219; or 231 and 233¹; and 319 or 331
Medical Science 201, 301, 341, 351, 403, and 6 units from 519, 523, 545
Biochemistry 341 or 393
Medical Science 203, 205, 308, 408², 508³
3 units Humanities Options⁴: English 200-level, Philosophy 279 or Medical Science 305 or 307
Software Engineering 300
15 units Core Option: At least 3 units must be in Biology, Biochemistry, Cellular, Molecular and Microbial Biology or Medical Science, and at least 3 units must be in Computer Science or Data Science
- Medical Science 402³, 404, 417³, 419³, 501, 503, 507, 515, 517, 521, 523, 528, 535, 541, 543, 561, 565, 567, 569
- Biochemistry 411, 413, 443, 543, 547, 561, 575
- Biology 305, 307, 309, 313, 315, 371, 375, 401, 435, 451, 453, 505, 591
- Cellular, Molecular and Microbial Biology 343, 403, 421, 431, 443, 451, 461, 505, 543, 545, 563
- Computer Science 329, 335, 355, 359, 399, 405, 409, 411, 433, 441, 449, 457, 461, 471, 481, 499, 526, 550, 565, 568, 571, 575, 583
- Data Science 305
- Mathematics 311, 313, 319, 325, 331, 361, 367, 376, 391, 413
- Statistics 323, 429, 431, 507, 519, 523, 525, 529, 531, 533
3 units Open Option
9 units Senior Option: any course at the 300 level or above

¹Students with programming experience may register in Computer Science 235 in place of 231, 233. Students selecting this option must have approval from the Department of Computer Science. If a student does complete Computer Science 235, 3 units may be taken as an open option.

²Medical Science 203, 205, 308, 408 are to be taken in sequence through years one to three.

³Medical Science 402 and 417/419 cannot be taken in the same year as Medical Science 508.

⁴Acceptable courses from the Faculty of Arts to satisfy the Humanities Option may be selected from the following departments: Classics and Religion; English; Philosophy; School of Languages, Linguistics, Literatures and Cultures; or Medical Science 307 or 309.