Handbook - Bioinformatics Engineering

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Available in Program(s)
Single degree program(s) in which this specialisation is available:

Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) - BE (Hons)3707 - Engineering (Honours)

Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) - BE (Hons)Master of Biomedical Engineering - MBiomedE3768 - Engineering (Honours)/Biomedical Engineering

Specialisation Structure
168 Units of Credit:

Students must complete 168 UOC.

Level 1 Core Courses

Students must take 60 UOC of the following courses.

Molecules, Cells and Genes

Programming Fundamentals

Computer Systems Fundamentals

Software Engineering Fundamentals

Introduction to Engineering Design and Innovation

Discrete Mathematics

One of the following

Chemistry 1A: Atoms, Molecules and Energy

Higher Chemistry 1A: Atoms, Molecules and Energy

One of the following

Higher Physics 1A

Fundamentals of Physics

One of the following

Higher Mathematics 1A

One of the following

Higher Mathematics 1B

Level 2 Core Courses

Students must take 42 UOC of the following courses.

Introduction to Bioinformatics

Principles of Molecular Biology (Advanced)

Software Construction: Techniques and Tools

Object-Oriented Design & Programming

Data Structures and Algorithms

One of the following

Theory of Statistics

Higher Theory of Statistics

One of the following

Genetics (Advanced Level)

Molecular Cell Biology 1

Principles of Biochemistry (Advanced)

Level 3 Core Courses

Students must take 30 UOC of the following courses.

Molecular Biology of Nucleic Acids

Applied Bioinformatics

Genome Informatics Engineering Design Workshop

Algorithms and Programming Techniques

Database Systems

Level 4 Core Courses

Students must take 24 UOC of the following courses.

Computational Biology Engineering Design Workshop

Management and Ethics

Research Thesis A

Research Thesis B

Research Thesis C

Discipline Electives

Students must take 12 UOC of the following:
Level 3 or higher COMP courses.
Level 3 BABS, BIOC or MICR courses

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