Course Description
Computational methods, including development and implementation of computer codes, used to solve biological problems; development and solution of statistical and mathematical biological models. Topics include bio-sequence comparison and analysis, functional site prediction, structure prediction and analysis, and biological data analysis.
Athena Title
COMP METHODS
Prerequisite
CSCI 4470/6470 or BCMB 4010/6010 or CHEM 6911 or MATH(CSCI) 4630/6630 or permission of department
Semester Course Offered
Offered fall
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
Students will learn how to approach biological problems from a computational perspective, how to collect basic statistics, how to build statistical/mathematical models, and how to solve modeling problems computationally and implement computer code. Students will be required to develop their own computer tools to solve selected bioinformatics problems.
Topical Outline
This course will include topics such as, but not limited to, the following: applications of rigorous statistical and mathematical methods for approaching complex problems in biochemistry and molecular biology; development and implementation of computer codes to solve interesting biological problems.
Syllabus