Oct 06, 2024  
2024-25 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2024-25 Undergraduate Catalog

BIO 316 - Introduction to Computational Biology (4)

Prerequisites: Must have a C- or better in BIO 110 , BIO 111 , and BIO 212 , or permission.
Broad overview of computational biology/bioinformatics with a significant problem-solving component. Significant hands-on practice will include using computational tools to solve a variety of molecular biological problems and an introduction to the Python programming language. Topics may include: database searching, sequence alignment, gene prediction, RNA and protein structure prediction, construction of phylogenetic trees, comparative and functional genomics.