COM 203 BIOINFORMATICS

An introduction to the use of informatics, genomics, and computational biology in analyzing biological data. Topics include DNA and protein sequences, interaction networks, gene expression, channel current analysis of DNA molecules, and computational techniques for retrieving, analyzing, and visualizing data. Focus on DNA analysis for gene finding, including simple program writing for data mining. No prior knowledge of programming required. Emphasis on projects involving interdisciplinary teams and medically related problems.

Credits

4

Cross Listed Courses

This is the same course as BIO 203.

Prerequisite

COM 103 or COM 110; and STA 107 or STA 121 or STA 206 or PSY 201; and BIO 103 or BIO 105 or BIO 106; or permission of the instructor.

Enrollment Limit

Enrollment limited to 18 students.

Attributes

MOIC