Dear Prabu:

I am attaching a ppt file with 2 flowcharts showing possible plans for a
student to get a Bioinformatics degree. Let me know if you have questions.
I am out of town until Thursday and am unable to attend your committee
meeting tomorrow. But I hope the following explanation is clear for now.

Best regards,
--giri

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1. BS in CS with Bioinformatics Track:
- Replace CEN 4015 with a new undergrad course "Introduction to
Bioinformatics" and CEN 4021 with a new course "Projects in
Bioinformatics".
- The Science Electives are required to be the 2 courses -- PCB 3063 and
PCB 4524, along with their respective labs (total of 8 credit hours).
- Remove PHY 2049 as a required course. This was necessary since the
suggestion above replaced two 3-credit courses with two 4-credit courses.
Removing PHY 2049 may cause some problems. But I do not know of a way
around this problem.
- Replace the Elective list with a set of courses from the Biology and
Chemistry departments.

2. BA in IT (Double Major Option)

This is meant to attract strong Biology majors. Their major includes
Calculus 1 & 2, Statistics courses.
- Need PCB 4524 as a Molecular Biology Elective
- Replace COP 2250 with COP 2210 (Prog I)
- Replace MAD 1108 with MAD 2104 (Disc Math)
- Replace COP 3804 with COP 3337 (Prog 2)
- Replace CGS 4825 with COP 3530 (Data Str.)
- In the elective sequence, they are required to take "Intro to
Bioinformatics" and "Projects in Bioinformatics", two new undergrad
courses.