The Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Biology is a flexible program that can prepare students for graduate school in the life sciences or can be integrated with other areas including law, ethics, history, sociology, computer science, and management.<br><br>The B.A. provides a solid foundation in biology, but removes some of the chemistry and quantitative requirements that characterize the B.S. program. Students in the B.A. program have more flexibility to select courses within the biology curriculum or other B.A. electives. Students should note that, unlike the B.S. program, the B.A. program does not fulfill medical school admission requirements.<br><br>The Bioinformatics Concentration is offered to students majoring in Biology, Mathematics, and Computer Science.<br><br>In order to obtain a concentration in Bioinformatics a student must complete a number of core and elective requirements. Courses that count towards a student's primary major can be used to simultaneously count towards the bioinformatics core or elective requirements as well. For example, the basic requirements for the biology major will automatically fulfill the required elective course requirement at the level of BIOL 2000 or above, and the BIOL 4200, BIOL 5240, or BIOL 6160 courses can double count to fulfill biology electives. Computer science majors will naturally fulfill the three CS course requirement in their primary coursework. Computer science students taking the B.S. option will also naturally fulfill the Probability requirement through CSCI 2244 (Randomness and Computation).