BIOL 3601 - Bioinformatics

3 hours

Prerequisites: BIOL 1108, with a grade of “C” or better, and BIOL 3101. This course will provide an introduction to bioinformatics to interpret the rapidly expanding amount of biological information. It will discuss the basic concepts of bioinformatics and focus how to identify, obtain, establish, maintain and exchange research information in biology. It will review the major scientific databases needed to research problems in biology. Students will learn basic Internet tools, as well as work in a team to design, write, and present a research project for the course mini-symposium. 3 hours of lecture/computer lab per week.