New Program: B.S. Computer Science and Biology
Title: B.S. in Computer Science and Biology
Proposer Names: Penny Rheingans, Seanna Annis
Proposal Description:
Students studying computer science are increasingly interested in opportunities to use their computing skills to address important societal challenges ranging from understanding and preventing human disease to understanding climate change and biodiversity threats. Biology students are looking for computer skills to accelerate scientific discovery. This major will address both of those interests by infusing a computing degree with a firm foundation in the biology essential to discovery in computational biology, bioinformatics, ecoinformatics, environmental data science, and a range of 鈥-omics鈥 fields. This combination will be attractive to prospective students and employers alike.