For students attending: College of Lake County
Who plan to major in: Bioinformatics
THIS GUIDELINE IS SUBJECT TOO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE
I. Core Curriculum Electives
- A. Basic Writing Proficiency – A grade of “C” or better in ENG 121 will complete this requirement.
- B. Humanities – Choose one course from the following subjects: ART 240 or 241, ENG 225 - 249, HST, HUM (not 127), PHI (not 122), or THE 123.
- C. Social Sciences – Choose one course from the following subjects: ANT, ECO, GEG (not 240), PSC, PSY or SOC.
- D. Humanities or Social Sciences – Choose an additional course from section B or section C, or a foreign language course.
II. Required courses for the Bioinformatics degree:
| MVCC COURSE | TITLE | IIT EQUIVALENT |
| MTH 145 | Calculus I / Analytic Geometry | MATH 151 |
| MTH 146 | Calculus II / Analytic Geometry | MATH 152 |
| MTH 246 | Calculus III / Analytic Geometry | MATH 251 |
| MTH 244 | Discrete Mathematics | CS 330 |
| PHY 123 | Physics for Science & Engineering I | PHYS 123 |
| PHY 124 | Physics for Science & Engineering II | PHYS 221 |
| PHY 221 | Physics for Science & Engineering III | PHYS 224 |
| CHM 121 | General Chemistry I | CHEM 124 |
| CHM 123 | General Chemistry I | CHEM 125 |
| CHM 222 | Organic Chemistry I | CHEM 237 |
| CIT 141 | Programming in C++ | CS 115 and 116 |
| CIT 241 | Advanced C++ | CS 331 |
| BIO 161 | General Biology I | BIOL 107 and 109 |
| BIO 244 | Anatomy and Physiology I | BIOL 115 and 117 |
| BIO 246 | Introductory Microbiology | BIOL 210 and 225 |
Please contact Undergraduate Academic Affairs with any questions regarding course equivalencies.
Updated October 2018