At this moment I'm thinking I'll major in Bioinformatics. At this moment I also have no idea about majors in computer science, I'm not sure. I was thinking I'll need a bit of time before I can work out what I want to do in comp sci as a major.
Here is the degree:
http://www.handbook.unsw.edu.au/undergraduate/programs/2016/3983.html
And here is the bioinformatics major:
http://www.handbook.unsw.edu.au/undergraduate/plans/2016/BINFB13970.html
When I spoke to someone on the phone, he was like "oh... yeah that's a big major". But I'll already be doing the math + computing classes anyway.
So I just discovered that the codes with 1 at the start are 1st year courses. Does that mean I can ONLY do them in 1st year? Because I'm already going to be behind 1 whole subject/course in chem.
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1st year:
T1:
computing 1
math 1a
intro to chem
Molecules, Cells and Genes
Relax, just take it year by year since course offerings could very well change mid way through your degree. If the courses don't change, this is one possible outline:
+ 30 UOC of Science courses (ex. COMP courses)
+ 30 UOC of CSE courses (Level II or III) - this is where you have the opportunity to double major in Computer Science
+ 12 UOC of Free Electives (any course offered at UNSW ex. Gen Ed courses)
So you are required to complete 96UOC of Science courses and 96UOC of CSE courses. Since the course offerings for CSE in a dual award are more rigid, you have to make sure you meet those requirements first, and then see what courses remain for Bioinformatics. The red courses are CSE (but some do overlap with Bioinformatics such as COMP1917). After determining the courses that overlap, you still need a further 30UOC of Science courses. They can be any level since you already have 24UOC of Level I Science courses (i.e. entire year 1 ex. COMP courses).
My advice when choosing those Science courses is to first figure out your CSE courses since they must be Level II or above, and then wherever you have gaps, you fill that with Science courses.
Here, you need to recognise that some courses are only offered in a certain semester and some are offered in both. Since your entire 4th year is open, you can decide to move say BABS3121 to your final year etc. since its prerequisite is BIOC2101 which you would complete in your 2nd year. Or could even move some 2nd year courses into your 3rd year, say BINF3020 since no 3rd year course has that as its prerequisite.
Basically after Year 2 Sem 1, you're quite flexible in pushing courses later in your degree. You just need to keep in mind that if you move 1, you may need to move another if it depends on that course. For example, you could do BIOC2201 in Year 3 Sem 2, but you must then move BINF3010 to Year 4 Sem 1 and move BABS3281 to Year 4 Sem 2. Completely up to you.
If I've missed a course, it's unlikely that it will make a huge difference since you have so much flexibility in your later years.
