Bioinformatics Track - Recommended Schedule

This is the recommended 3-year schedule. Notice that the bioinformatics track is very demanding and requires large efforts from the students, including self-studying materials from courses not in the track. For this reason, students may consider spanning their studies for 4 years. This will allow them to take a few additional important courses that are NOT in the track. A list of these additional recommended courses appears at the bottom. Some of the listed courses may be counted as credits for M.Sc studies.

Semester I

153-15041 Advanced English 1 0.0

201-10011 Differential & Integral Calculus A1 6.0

201-10201 Introduction to Logic &Set Theory 5.0

202-11001 Computer Lab. Instruction 0.0

202-11011 Introduction to Computer Science 5.0

203-10111 Introduction to Physics 1(1*) 0.0

204-10011 Introduction to Chemistry (1*) 0.0

205-11011 Molecular Biology of the Cell 3.5

299-11121 Library Instruction 0.0

Total 19.5

Semester II

153-15051	Advanced English 2	2.0
201-10021	Differential & Integral Calculus A2	5.0
201-12041	Data Structures	4.5
201-19041	Introduction to Linear Algebra A	4.5
203-10121	Introduction to Physics 2 (1*)	0.0
201-12201	Discrete Mathematics	5.0



	Total	21.0

Semester III

201-18001	Probability	4.5
202-12001	Unix Laboratory	1.0
202-12011	Automata and Formal Languages	4.5
202-12031	Systems Programming	5.0
204-11111	Intr. to Analytical Chemistry A	2.5
204-11121	General Chemistry A	5.0

	Total	22.5

Semester IV

202-12041	Design of Algorithms	5.0
202-12051	Principles of Programming Languages	5.0
203-11391	Physics 1 for Chemical Eng. and Chemistry students	3.5
204-11721	Introduction to Organic Chemistry	3.5
204- 12211	Physical Chemistry for Bio-Informatics (2*)	4.5

	Total	21.5

Semester V

202-13021	Compiler Principles	4.5
202-14xx1	Mini Project 1	2.0
202- 15xx1	Computer Science Elective	2.0 -3.0
201-12611	Optimization, Pattern Matching and Search Algorithms (3*)	4.0
205-11691	Biochemistry A	2.5
205-13491	From Gene to Protein	3.0

	Total	18.0 - 19.0

Semester VI

201-18011	Mathematical Statistics	4.0
202-18101	Bioinformatics: Theory and Practice	4.0
202-14xx1	Mini Project 2	2.0
205-11611	Basic Genetics	3.0
205-11701	Biochemistry B	2.5
205-11723	Basic Biochemistry Laboratory	1.5
205-2479	Genetic Engineering	2.5

	Total	19.5

(1*) Students who studied for five units in physics or chemistry for "Bagrut" do not need to take the corresponding introductory courses.

Students that need to complete both Intro. to Chemistry and Intro. to Physics 1, may consider to take one of these courses in a later

semester.

(2*) Instead of the previous two courses : Physical chemistry A 1 and 2.

(3*) Moved from semester IV

Total credits: 124.0

List of additional courses recommended for those students spanning their studies through 4 years. The list is in descending order of relevance to the track.

- Evolution
- Proteins & Enzymes, Structure & Function.
205-1281 Extended Biochemistry Lab.
205-1107 Microbiology and/or Bacterial Genetics 205-1162.
201-24361 Computational Geometry.
201-12111 Database Management and/or 201-12191 Unix System Administration.
201-12021 Architecture and Assembly Languages and/or 361-13591 Digital Systems. Semester 3

Additional recommended courses:

205-1216 Biotechnology Lab.
201-12091 Computer Graphics and/or 201-12181 Artificial Intelligence.
201-16101 Combinatorial Algorithms and/or 201-16081 Graph Theory.
201-10061 Differential Equations. Semester 5.
201-16141 Computability and decidability.
202-15051 Database Systems
201-18021 Information Theory.