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 Fall 2005.

If you entered before Fall 2005, you may change to this curriculum with your advisor's approval.
Click HERE to see how the Computer Science courses contribute to the BS program outcomes.

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 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 Reqt 1 (3)	18
2	BiSc 14 (4) Intro to Biology	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)	17
3	BiSc 109 (4) Molecular Biology	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 13 (4) Intro to Biology	18
4	CSci 144 (3) Intro to Bioinformatics P(BiSc 14)	CSci 136 (3) Computer Architecture II P(CSci 135)	CSci 147 (3) Team Software Project Co(CSci 143)	Chem 152+154 (4) Organic Chemistry w lab	Math Reqt 3 (3)	16
5	Phys 1 or 21 (4) General Physics w lab	CSci 150 (3) Foundations of Computing P(CSci 123, CSci 133)	CSci 151 (3) Algorithms and Data Structures II P(CSci 123, CSci 143)	CSci 156 (3)  Operating System Design (C) P(CSci 135, CSci 143/103)	Stat Reqt (3)	16
6	Phys 2 or 22 (4) General Physics w lab	CSci 178 (3) Database Systems I P(CSci 147)	CSci 166 (3) Computational Biology P(CSci 144, CSci 151)	Elective E1 or B1 (3)	Unrestricted Elective (3)	16
7	Humanities or Social Science (H/SS) Elective 1 (3)	CSci 183 (3) Computer Networks I P(CSci 143)	CSci 195 (3) Senior Computer Science Design Project I P(CSci 161, CSci 178)	H/SS 2 (3)	H/SS 3 (3)	15
8	H/SS 4 (3)	H/SS 5 (3)	CSci 196 (3) Senior Computer Science Design Project II P(CSci 195)	Elective E2 or B2 (3)	H/SS 6 (3)	15