Science, Technology and Engineering

Bachelor of Bioinformatics/Bachelor of Science

Department of Biochemistry

About the Course

The entry requirements for the Bioinformatics program are shown below:

Prerequisite Units 3 and 4: A study score of at least 25 in English, and Mathematical Methods.

Selection mode: ENTER and two-stage process with a middle band of approximately 20%.

Middle band selection: Applicants who have successfully completed 3 of the following studies will be deemed to have an ENTER up to 1.5 percentage points higher for each study up to a maximum of 2 studies: Chemistry, Information Technology & Specialist Mathematics.

The course is designed to provide training in Information Technology and in the application of computers in current biological initiatives such as the human genome project.

Major subjects: Biochemistry, Computer Science, Genetics

Minor subjects: Chemistry, Mathematics, Statistics

Course structure: The first year provides a foundation in computer science, mathematics, chemistry and biology, after which students follow a chosen combination of subjects in molecular biology and information technology.

For more information, come and see us at Open Day or contact:

Faculty of Science, Technology & Engineering
La Trobe University
Plenty Road
Bundoora 3086
Australia