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IT Concentration: Science Informatics
For those entering the program Fall 2005 semester & beyond
Contacts:
John Salerno (Biology Track)
Ron Bailey (Chemistry Track)
Sandra Nierzwicki-Bauer (Ecology Track)
Chemistry Track:
The drive in pharmaceutical research currently (and most certainly in the decades to come) is the human genome project (HGP). The information stored in our 3 billion base pairs is a "gold mine" for new molecular targets to treat diseases with huge unmet therapeutic need (e.g., AIDS, cancer). Millions of gene sequences will translate into thousands of high throughput screens (HTS). Thousands of HTSs will require millions of new chemicals. Millions of new chemicals will require millions of inputs regarding structure, purity, diversity, etc. There is no way the technology currently available in the industry can cope with these numbers. With the advent of combinatorial chemistry (CombiChem) there is unprecedented demand for synthetic chemists as well as CombiChem and chemical information scientists. A perusal of the chemistry trade publication Chemical & Engineering News will verify this demand.
The volume of data that will derive from HGP HTS CombiChem is enormous and Rensselaer, though its IT program, can help the industry and humankind by supplying the chemical and biological scientists to generate, handle, and analyze these data. There will be a "magic bullet" some day soon for treating cancer and it will come from the HPG HTS CombiChem approach.
Ecology Track:
The Ecology Track is designed to serve students with ecological interest in topics ranging from global change to water quality. The expansive environmental datasets that exist as well as new kinds of environmental and ecological data emerging from the application of more sophisticated and sensitive instrumentation, requires scientists that have the ability to process this information in meaningful ways. The application of information technology for addressing ecological issues using extensive datasets describes the emerging field of “ecoinformatics”. In this unique program students will take advantage of the basic Information Technology core that requires courses including data structures and systems, probability and statistics, as well taking courses in biology and ecology.
| Semester I |
Semester II |
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ITEC-1210 Information in History & Society
CSCI-1100 Computer Science I
MATH-1010 Calculus I
CHEM-1100 Chemistry I (Science Elective)
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ITEC-1220 Politics & Economics of IT
CSCI-1200 Computer Science II
MATH-1020 Calculus II (Math Elective)*
CHEM-1200 Chemistry II (Science Elective)
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| Semester III |
Semester IV |
One of:*
- ECSE-2610 Computer Components & Operations and ENGR-2350 Embedded Control
- CSCI-2500 Computer Organization
ITEC-2110 Exploiting the Information World
ITEC-2960 Creativity and IT
Track Option 1
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One of:*
- ECSE-2660 Computer Arch, Networking & OS
- CSCI-2300 Data Structures & Algorithms
ITEC-2210 Intro to Human Computer Interaction
Track Option 2
H&SS Elective**
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| Semester V |
Semester VI |
IT Elective (one of):
- CSCI-4380 Database Systems
- MGMT-496X Data Resource Management
ITEC-4310 Managing IT Resources
Track Option 3
Track Option 4
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Probability and Statistics Elective (one of):
- ENGR-2600 Modeling / Analysis of Uncertainty
- PSYC-2310 Experimental Methods & Statistics
- MGMT-2100 Statistical Methods
Track Option 5
H&SS Elective**
Free Elective
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| Semester VII |
Semester VIII |
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ITEC-4100 IT Capstone Experience
Track Option 6
H&SS Elective**
Free Elective
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Track Option 7
Track Option 8
H&SS Elective**
Free Elective
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*Select either the three- course ECSE sequence or the two-course CSCI sequence. If the ECSE sequence is chosen, ENGR-2350 will replace one free elective slot. Move ITEC-2960 to Semester VII with a free elective. If the CSCI Sequence is chosen, your math elective in Semester II must be MATH-2800 Introduction to Discrete Structures. Please see your advisor regarding the math course required for Semester II.
**See H&SS requirements
Track Option 1 (one of):
CHEM-2250 Organic Chemistry I (Biology Track)
CHEM-2250 Organic Chemistry I (Chemistry Track)
BIOL-1010 Introduction to Biology
and BIOL-1020 Introduction to Biology Laboratory (Ecology Track)
Track Option 2 (one of):
BIOL-2120 Intro to Cell & Molecular Biology (Biology Track)
CHEM-2260 Organic Chemistry II (Chemistry Track)
BIOL-2120 Intro to Cell & Molecular Biology (Ecology Track)
Track Option 3 (one of):
CHEM-4760 Molecular Biochemistry I (Biology Track)
CHEM-4760 Molecular Biochemistry I (Chemistry Track)
Ecology Elective
Track Option 4 (one of):
BIOL-2500 Genetics and Evolution (Biology Track)
CHEM-4530 Modern Techniques in Chemistry (Chemistry Track)
BIOL-4850 Principals of Ecology (Ecology Track)
Track Option 5 (one of):
BIOL-4620 Molecular Biology I (Biology Track)
CHEM-4770 Molecular Biochemistry II or CHEM- 4300 Medicinal Chemistry (Chemistry Track)
BIOL-2500 Genetics and Evolution (Ecology Track)
Track Option 6 (one of):
BIOL-4540 Bioinformatics I (Biology Track)
CHEM-4XXX Computational Chemistry (Chemistry Track)
ERTH-4500 Global Environmental Change (Ecology Track)
Track Option 7 (one of):
BIOL-4550 Bioinformatics II (Biology Track)
CHEM-4330 Drug Discovery (Chemistry Track)
BIOL-4XXX Ecoinformatics (Ecology Track)
Track Option 8 (one of):
BIOL-4720 Molecular Biology Laboratory (Biology Track)#
CHEM-4XXX Chemistry Informatics (Chemistry Track)
Ecology Elective (Ecology Track)
Ecology Elective: (one of):
BIOL-4700 Freshwater Ecology
IENV-4700 One Mile on the Hudson River 1
ENVE-6150 Limnology
BIOL-XXXX Experimental Environmental Microbiology
BIOL-YYYY Molecular Methods for Ecological Studies
A student can choose the Biology Track, Chemistry Track or the Ecology Track for all track options. Courses cannot be intermixed between the tracks.
#Swap with free elective in semester VII
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