| Course ID: | BINF(BCMB) 4005/6005. 2 hours. 1 hours lecture and 2 hours lab per week. |
| Course Title: | Essential Computing Skills for Biologists |
Course
Description: | The most essential computing skills for modern biologists, such
as MySQL, R, and AWK, as well as how to access and use High
Performance Computer clusters and construct reusable data
analysis workflows in RCC and the Galaxy system. Emphasis will be
on hands-on work on computer work and problem solving. |
| Oasis Title: | Computing Skills for Biologist |
| Prerequisite: | Permission of department |
Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. |
| Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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| Course Objectives: | Students interested in a Bioinformatics career will learn
several basic computing, design and analysis skills that will
prepare them for future bioinformatics courses and research.
By the end of the course, students should have mastered key
design and computing concepts for basic tools and approaches
used in bioinformatics. |
| Topical Outline: | This course will focus on the following topics/concepts:
1. Basic Unix and secure file transfer
2. High Performance Computing and queues
3. Database schema design and SQL
4. Construction of a MySQL database
5. Use of AWK to process files
6. Use of R for statistical programming
7. Construction of automated workflows with GALAXY |