Course Schedule and Catalog

Department: Biosciences

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 2

Prerequisite(s): BIOS 301

Description: COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY An introduction to the emerging field of bioinformatics. A series of lectures, combined with hands-on exercises will introduce the student to various biologically relevant databases, methods to effectively search the databases, and an overall view of the various aspects of computation biology. The topics to be discussed include sequence comparison, structure analysis, phylogenetics, database searching, microarrays and proteomics. PREREQUISITE: BIOS 301 and knowledge computer operation or permission of instructor.