Legacy Course Catalog
BIOL 478 - Introduction to Bioinformatics
Effectivity: | 01/09/2006 - 08/04/2006 @ Purdue West Lafayette Traditional |
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Credits: | 3 |
Instructional Types: | Lec |
Usually Offered: | fal |
Short Title: | Intro Bioinformatics |
Description: | Bioinformatics is broadly defined as the study of molecular biological information, targeting particularly the enormous volume of DNA sequence and functional complexity embedded in entire genomes. Topics will include understanding the evolutionary organization of genes (genomics), the structure and function of gene products (proteomics), and the dynamics of gene expression in biological processes (transcriptomics). Inherently, bioinformatics is interdisciplinary, melding various applications of computational science with biology. This jointly taught course introduces analytical methods from biology, statistics and computer science that are necessary for bioinformatics investigations. The course is intended for junior and senior undergraduates from various science backgrounds. Our objective is to develop the skills of both tool users and tool designers in this important new field of research. |
School: | School Of Science |
Department: | Biological Sciences |
Credit By Exam: | NO |
Repeatable Flag: | NO |
Temporary Flag: | NO |
Full Time Privilege Flag: | NO |
Honors Flag: | NO |
Variable Title Flag: | NO |
Fall 2007 *** indicates the course was still an active course and was transferred to the Banner Catalog effective Spring 2008. This course was not expired Fall 2007.