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2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED 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 398  - Principles of 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    
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