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Program checklist · BS

Computational Biology, BS

University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus · Pittsburgh, PA

A checklist is the list of requirements to complete this program and receive the award, as the college publishes it in its catalog. It is the same for everyone. It does not say what you have completed; that comes from applying your own record.

Program
Award
BS
Credential class
ceterms:BachelorDegree
CIP
26.1104
Catalog edition
2026-2027
Checklist type
degree-program
Identifiers
IPEDS UNITID
215293
CourseShelf checklist
CK_215293_79d2bcd3
CollegeTransfer.Net
Institution Transfer Profile
Source
CourseShelf publish 59

Requirements to complete

Every course or condition the catalog lists, in the catalog's order.

Computational Biology Requirements

5 items
  1. BIOSC 0150
    3
  2. BIOSC 0160
    3
  3. CHEM 0110
    4
  4. CHEM 0120
    4
  5. CS 0011
    4

Biological Sciences courses

7 items
  1. BIOSC 0150
    FOUNDATIONS OF BIOLOGY 1
    As published: “FOUNDATIONS OF BIOLOGY 1 or”
    3
  2. BIOSC 0155
    4
  3. BIOSC 0160
    FOUNDATIONS OF BIOLOGY 2
    As published: “FOUNDATIONS OF BIOLOGY 2 or”
    3
  4. BIOSC 0165
    4
  5. BIOSC 0350
    3
  6. BIOSC 1000
    3
  7. * Students may alternately choose BIOSC 1810 Macromolecular Structure and Function and BIOSC 1820 Metabolic Pathways and Regulation in lieu of BIOSC 1000 . BIOSC 1820 can then serve as an elective course.
    Not resolved to a course

Computer Science courses

6 items
  1. CS 0011
    4
  2. CMPINF 0401
    4
  3. CS 0441
    3
  4. CS 0445
    3
  5. CS 1501
    3
  6. CS 1656
    3

Computational Biology courses

4 items
  1. BIOSC 1540
    3
  2. BIOSC 1542
    COMPUTATIONAL GENOMICS
    As published: “COMPUTATIONAL GENOMICS or”
    3
  3. BIOSC 1544
    3
  4. BIOSC 1630
    2

Capstone course

2 items
  1. BIOSC 1640
    3
  2. CS 1640
    3

Co-requisite Chemistry courses

6 items
  1. CHEM 0110
    GENERAL CHEMISTRY 1
    As published: “GENERAL CHEMISTRY 1 or”
    4
  2. CHEM 0710
    4
  3. CHEM 0120
    GENERAL CHEMISTRY 2
    As published: “GENERAL CHEMISTRY 2 or”
    4
  4. CHEM 0720
    4
  5. CHEM 0310
    ORGANIC CHEMISTRY 1
    As published: “ORGANIC CHEMISTRY 1 or”
    3
  6. CHEM 0730
    3

Co-requisite Mathematics and Statistics courses

3 items
  1. MATH 0220
    4
  2. STAT 1000
    4
  3. *Students may alternately choose CS 1503 Mathematical Foundations of Machine Learning, which also requires MATH 0280 Intro to Matrices & Linear ALG or MATH 1180 Linear Algebra 1 as prerequisite. MATH 0280 can then serve as an elective course.
    Not resolved to a course

Elective courses

29 items
  1. BIOSC 0267
    2
  2. BIOSC 0351
    1
  3. BIOSC 0370
    3
  4. BIOSC 1005
    1
  5. BIOSC 1130
    3
  6. BIOSC 1285
    1
  7. BIOSC 1320
    3
  8. BIOSC 1470
    3
  9. BIOSC 1500
    3
  10. BIOSC 1520
    3
  11. BIOSC 1760
    3
  12. BIOSC 1820
    3
  13. * This course must be taken in conjunction with BIOSC 1810 MACROMOLECULAR STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION ; the pair of courses are taken in lieu of BIOSC 1000 BIOCHEMISTRY .
    Not resolved to a course
  14. BIOSC 1850
    3
  15. BIOSC 1940
    3
  16. CHEM 0250
    3
  17. CHEM 0320
    3
  18. CHEM 1460
    3
  19. CHEM 1830
    3
  20. CS 1502
    3
  21. CS 1520
    3
  22. CS 1555
    3
  23. CS 1566
    3
  24. CS 1675
    3
  25. MATH 0230
    4
  26. MATH 0280
    3
  27. NROSCI 1000
    3
  28. PHYS 0174
    4
  29. STAT 1221
    3

Additional Requirements

7 items
  1. Maintain a minimum GPA of 3.25;
    Not resolved to a course
  2. Complete a faculty-supported research project; and
    Not resolved to a course
  3. Complete an Honors Thesis. Details about the required thesis are available at www.biology.pitt.edu/undergraduate/advising-and-support/honors.
    Not resolved to a course
  4. Maintain a minimum overall GPA of 3.25; and
    Not resolved to a course
  5. Maintain a major GPA (CS and Biological Science courses) of 3.5; and
    Not resolved to a course
  6. Complete an additional major elective course with a grade of A.
    Not resolved to a course
  7. Independent study and independent research credits do not count toward the major. The Departments of Biological Sciences and Computer Science encourages students to seek out these experiences in order to enhance their education.
    Not resolved to a course
Source. University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus, catalog 2026-2027 — https://catalog.upp.pitt.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=241&poid=79005. Captured page pages/0274.html.gz. Assembled from the institution's published catalog as captured; every record names its captured page and source URL. Assembled, not asserted.