BIOS 551 - Intro to Computer Programming

This course introduces the fundamental concepts and methods for computer programming, data management, and computational analysis for bioinformatics. This course will focus on programming using the python programming language and will cover topics including the basic syntax and commands of the python language, object-oriented programming, data structures, processing research data, data analysis, and data visualization. The objective is to provide students with the fundamental skills needed to perform computational analyses for bioinformatics projects and statistical analyses for scientific research.

Credit(s): 3

Type of Course: Elective