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The following sample schedule can be used if you intend to use the Computational Biology Track to satisfy the track requirements of the CIS Major to obtain a Bachelor of Science degree. You may have placement scores or other experience that allow you to skip some of the freshman year courses.
Courses in italics represent any course that satisfies the same degree, group, multicultural or track elective requirement.
187 credits total
| Curricula | Credits |
| Freshman Year (42 credits) | |
| Fall Term (14 credits) | |
| CH 221 General Chemistry | 6 |
| MATH 111 College Algebra | 4 |
| WR 121 College Composition I | 4 |
| Winter Term (14 credits) | |
| CH 222 General Chemistry | 6 |
| CIS 110 Information Processing | 4 |
| WR 122 College Composition II | 4 |
| Spring Term (14 credits) | |
| CH 223 General Chemistry | 6 |
| CIS 122 Algorithms and Programming | 4 |
| MATH 112 Elementary Functions | 4 |
| Sophomore Year (51 credits) | |
| Fall Term (17 credits) | |
| CH 331 Organic Chemistry | 4 |
| BI 251 Foundations I: Biochemistry and Cell Physiology | 5 |
| CIS 210 Introduction to Computer Science I | 4 |
| MATH 231 Elements of Discrete Mathematics I | 4 |
| Winter Term (17 credits) | |
| BI 252 Foundations II: Genetics and Molecular Biology | 5 |
| CIS 211 Introduction to Computer Science II | 4 |
| MATH 232 Elements of Discrete Mathematics II | 4 |
| Upper-Division Arts & Letters Elective >1 | 4 |
| Spring Term (17 credits) | |
| BI 253 Foundations III: Evolution and Biodiversity | 5 |
| CIS 212 Introduction to Computer Science III | 4 |
| MATH 233 Elements of Discrete Mathematics III | 4 |
| Social Science Elective >2>IC | 4 |
| Junior Year (46 credits) | |
| Fall Term (16 credits) | |
| MATH 246 Calculus I | 4 |
| CIS 314 Computer Organization | 4 |
| Arts & Letters Sequence >1 | 4 |
| Social Science Elective >2>AC | 4 |
| Winter Term (14 credits) | |
| MATH 247 Calculus II | 4 |
| CIS 313 Introduction to Data Structures | 4 |
| CIS 323 Introduction to Data Structures Lab | 2 |
| Arts & Letters Sequence >1 | 4 |
| Spring Term (16 credits) | |
| MATH 253 Calculus III | 4 |
| CIS 315 Introduction to Algorithms | 4 |
| Track Elective | 4 |
| Arts & Letters Sequence>1 | 4 |
| Senior Year (48 credits) | |
| Fall Term (16 credits) | |
| CIS 425 Principles of Programming Languages | 4 |
| CIS 445 Modeling and Simulation | 4 |
| Track Elective | 4 |
| Social Science Elective >2 | 4 |
| Winter Term (16 credits) | |
| CIS 415 Operating Systems | 4 |
| CIS 445 Modeling and Simulation | 4 |
| WR 320 Scientific and Technical Writing | 4 |
| Track Elective | 4 |
| Spring Term (16 credits) | |
| CIS 455 Computational Science | 4 |
| CIS 422 Software Methodology I | 4 |
| Upper-Division Social Science Elective >2 | 4 |
| Upper-Division Elective | 4 |
Program Planning
While you need not keep to a sample schedule, you should keep the following constraints in mind in planning your program to ensure that you obtain your degree in four years.
- If you do not have programming experience, you must take CIS 122 during your freshman year.
- You must take CIS 210-212 and MATH 231-233 during your sophomore year.
- You must take CIS 313-314 during your junior year.
- CIS 323 is only two credits, because it requires the homework of a 4 credit course but has no exams.
- Many 400-level CIS courses require group work. You will unlikely be able to take any courses that require significant off-campus activity during your senior year.
- You must take the chemistry sequence before you can take the biology sequence.
- A Bachelor of Art degree requires passing the last course of the second year sequence of a foreign language.