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BCBIO Courses

Courses primarily for undergraduate students
BCBIO 110. BCBIO Orientation (1-0) Cr. 0.5. F. First 8 weeks.
Orientation to the area of bioinformatics and computational biology. For students considering a major in BCBIO. Specializations and career opportunities. Offered on a satisfactory-fail grading basis only.

BCBIO 211. Introduction to Bioinformatics and Computational Biology.
(3-0) Cr. 3. S. Overview of bioinformatics and computational biology. Database searching, sequence alignment, gene prediction, RNA and protein structure prediction, construction of phylogenetic trees, comparative and functional genomics.

BCBIO 401. Fundamentals of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology I. (3-0) Cr. 3. F. Prereq: BCBIO 211, Com S 228. Biology as an information science. Generative models for sequences. String algorithms. Sequence alignment. Algorithmic and statistical aspects of database search. Basic methods in molecular phylogeny/phylogenomics. Genome sequence assembly.

BCBIO 402. Fundamentals of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology II. (3-0) Cr. 3. S. Prereq: BCBIO 401. Genome annotation. DNA and protein motifs. DNA microarrays. Introduction to gene expression studies. Protein, DNA and RNA structure. Structure representation, comparison and visualization. Biological networks and systems.

BCBIO 490. Independent Study. Cr. 1 to 5 each time taken. Prereq: BCBIO 211, junior or senior classification, permission of instructor. Students in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences may use no more than 9 credits of BCBIO 490 and 491 toward graduation.

BCBIO 491. Team Research Projects. Cr. 1 to 5. Prereq: BCBIO 211, junior or senior classification, permission of instructor. Students in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences may use no more than 9 credits of BCBIO 490 and 491 toward graduation. Research projects in bioinformatics and computational biology done by teams of students.