Bioinformatics & Biostatistics

Catalog description

This course introduces students to Biostatistics and Bioinformatics. The course covers the basic methods utilized to statistically analyze and present biological data using R programming language. Current tools, databases, and technologies in bioinformatics are discussed in this course. Topics include random variables and probability distributions, hypothesis testing and statistical inference, ANOVA, sequence alignment and database searching, DNA sequencing, and BLAST. Prerequisites: BIOL 113 , BME 203 . Spring Semester.