Feb 02, 2025  
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Biology - Computational Biology (BS) Academic Degree Map

Location(s): Manhattan Campus


First Year Hours K-State Core  
Semester 1      
BIOL 100 - Biology First-Year Orientation OR 1    
DAS 101 - Discover, Create, and Thrive: Arts and Sciences Orientation 1    
BIOL 198 - Principles of Biology 4 KSC 040  
CHM 210 - Chemistry I 4    
ENGL 100 - Expository Writing I 3 KSC 010  
MATH 220 Analytic Geometry and Calculus I 4 KSC 030  
Total Credits: 16      
       
Semester 2      
CC 110 - Introduction to Computing 2    
CC 111 - Elements of Computer Programming 1    
CHM 230 - Chemistry II 4    
COMM 106 - Public Speaking I 3 KSC 020  
Arts and Humanities and Moral Reasoning Overlay 3 KSC 060  
Social & Behavioral Sciences Requirement 3 KSC 050  
Total Credits: 16      
       
Second Year      
Semester 1      
BIOL 450 - Modern Genetics 4    
CC 210 - Fundamental Computer Programming Concepts 4    
CHM 350 - General Organic Chemistry 3    
ENGL 200 - Expository Writing II 3 KSC 010  
Total Credits: 14      
       
Semester 2      
Biology Elective 3    
CHM 351 - General Organic Chemistry Laboratory 2    
MATH 312 - Finite Applications of Mathematics 3    
Arts and Humanities 3 KSC 060  
Social and Behavioral Science and Global Perspectives Overlay 4 KSC 050  
Total Credits: 15      
       
Third Year      
Semester 1      
BIOL 520 - Evolution OR 3    
BIOL 521 - Evolution of Infectious Diseases 3    
CC 310 - Data Structures and Algorithms I 3    
PHYS 113 - General Physics I 4    
STAT 703 - Introduction to Statistical Methods for the Sciences 3    
Free Elective 1    
Total Credits: 15      
       
Semester 2      
BIOCH 521 - General Biochemistry 3    
CC 410 - Advanced Programming 4    
PHYS 114 - General Physics II 4    
Fine Arts or Humanities - A&S requirement 3    
Total Credits: 14      
       
Senior Year      
Semester 1      
CC 535 - Applied Data Science OR 3    
CIS 531 - Introduction to Programming Techniques for Data Science and Analytics 3    
Biology Elective 3    
Biology Elective 3    
BIOL, CC, CIS, or STAT course at 400-level or above 3    
Non-Quantitative Social Science and US Multicultural Overlay 3    
Total Credits: 15      
       
Semester 2      
BIOL 734 - Introduction to Genomics and Bioinformatics 4    
BIOL, CC, CIS, or STAT at 400-level or above 3    
Biology Elective 3    
Free Elective {Institutionally Designated Area} 3 KSC 070  
Free Elective {Institutionally Designated Area} 3 KSC 070  
Total Credits: 15      
       
Total Program Hours: 120