COMP265 - Bioinformatics Programming

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Academic Year 2002/2003

Bioinformatics Programming
COMP 265 SP

Crosslistings:
BIOL 265
MB&B 265
CHEM 265

An introduction for life science students with little or no prior programming experience, this course will introduce the fundamental concepts and mechanisms of computer programs using a language (Perl or Python) and examples (sequence matching and manipulation, database access, output parsing, etc.) frequently encountered in the use and development of informatics software.

MAJOR READINGS

BEGINNING PERL FOR BIOINFORMATICS, James Tisdall, O'Reilly, 2001.

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Computer based programming projects (weekly).

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

Recommended: Course should be taken in conjunction with COMP/BIOL/MB&B 350/550.

Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the Registrar's Office.

COURSE FORMAT: Laboratory

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD Credit: .5 Gen Ed Area Dept: NONE Grading Mode: Graded

Prerequisites: BIOL206 OR MB&B206

SECTION 01

Instructor(s): Model,Mitchell L.

Times: ...W... 01:10PM-02:30PM; Location: SCIE72

Reserved Seats: (Total Limit: 20)

SR. major: Jr. major:

SR. non-major: Jr. non-major: SO: FR:

Special Attributes:

Curricular Renewal: Quantitative Reasoning, Focused Inquiry Course

Permission: Permission of Instructor Required

Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-18-2003