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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 |
83 credits |
| 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 120 Elementary Statistics |
4 credits |
| MAT 190 Calculus 1 |
4 credits |
| MAT 191 Calculus 2 |
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 |
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| Two CIS electives from courses at the 300 level or higher |
6 credits |
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Want to know more? Professor Ian MacDonald is only
a click away.
Ian
MacDonald, Ph.D.,
Assistant Professor of Computer Information Systems
You may also visit Ian MacDonald's web
site.
Scholarships
& Financial Aid
The College of Saint Rose has one of the lowest tuitions of all
New York state private colleges and we offer a variety of Academic
Scholarships. More than 95% of our students receive several forms
of financial aid.
Academic
Scholarships
Academic Scholarships are available Click
here for more information.
Deadline: In order to be eligible
for Academic Scholarships all materials must be received by February
1.
Science Center
The College’s 27,000 square-foot Science Center is designed
to provide the practical research laboratory experiences that will
complement your coursework. This modern facility features a special
lab reserved for student/faculty research, traditional and computerized
classrooms, research labs and faculty offices.
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