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IGS COURSE REQUIREMENTS

1. An introductory biology course
    (i.e. BIOL/MBB 181 - Principles of Biology I, or an approved alternative)

2. One introductory computer science course
    (for example, COMP 112 - Introduction to Programming, COMP 211 - Computer Science I, COMP 212 - Data Structures, or approved alternatives)

3. An upper-level computer science course
    (for example, COMP 231 – Computer Structure and Operation, COMP 312 - Algorithms and Complexity, COMP 354 - Principles of Databases, or an approved alternative)

4. An upper-level bioinformatics course
    (see table below for approved courses)

5. One course in each of two of the following categories (see table below)
    Molecular Genetics                  Structural Biology
    Evolutionary Biology                Bioethics & Philosophy of Biology

Approved Courses for Requirements 4 and 5

Category	Topic	Course Number
Bioinformatics	Bioinformatics and Functional Genomics	COMP/BIOL/MB&B 350/550
-------------	Evolutionary and Ecological Informatics	BIOL/COMP 327/527
-------------	Bioinformatics: Genomics and Proteomics	CHEM/MB&B 389
-------------	The Genomics of Evolution, Adaptation, and Regulation	MB&B 331/531
Molecular Genetics	Molecular Biology	MB&B 208
-------------	Genetics and Genomics	BIOL/ MB&B 210
-------------	Advanced Laboratory in Molecular Biology and Genetics	MB&B 294
-------------	Molecular Biology of the Chromosome	MB&B 234
-------------	Genes in Development	BIOL 315/515
-------------	Laboratory in Developmental Genetics	BIOL 294
-------------	Gene Regulation	MB&B 333
Evolutionary Biology	Evolution	BIOL 214
-------------	Origins of Bacterial Diversity	BIOL 337/537
-------------	Pattern and Process in Macroevolution	BIOL 369
Structural Biology	Structural Biology Laboratory	MB&B 395
------------	Introduction to Biomolecular Structure	MB&B 245
------------	Molecular Dynamics and Molecular Modeling	CHEM 388
------------	Biological Molecules	CHEM 301
Bioethics & Philosophy of Biology	Reproduction in the 21st Century	BIOL 118
-------------	Unifying Life Sciences: Biological Cultures and Meanings of Life	PHIL 361
-------------	Philosophy of Science	SISP 202
-------------	Human Cloning	BIOL 108
-------------	Evolution and Ethics	PHIL 279
-------------	Issues in the Health Sciences	BIOL 222