COMP 383: Computational Biology

Course Information

General Information

Credit Hours

• 4

Prerequisites

• COMP 231: Data Structures & Algorithms for Informatics or COMP 271: Data Structures I

• COMP 381: Bioinformatics or BIOL 388: Bioinformatics

About

This course presents an algorithmic focus on problems in computational biology. It is built on earlier courses on algorithms and bioinformatics. Problems and solutions covered in this course include gene hunting, sequence comparison, multiple alignments, gene prediction, trees and sequences, databases, and rapid sequence analysis.

Description

This course presents an algorithmic focus on problems in computational biology. As such it is built on earlier courses on algorithms and bioinformatics. Problems and solutions covered in this course include Gene Hunting, Sequence Comparison, Multiple Alignment, Gene Prediction, Trees and Sequences, Databases, and Rapid sequence analysis.

Outcome

Students will learn, in detail, foundational methods and algorithms in bioinformatics.

Syllabi

See the Current Course Syllabi.