CHEM CM160A
Introduction to Bioinformatics
Description: (Same as Computer Science CM121.) Lecture, four hours; discussion, two hours. Requisites: Computer Science 32 or Program in Computing 10C with grade of C- or better, and one course from Biostatistics 100A, Civil Engineering 110, Electrical Engineering 131A, Mathematics 170A, or Statistics 100A. Prior knowledge of biology not required. Designed for engineering students as well as students from biological sciences and medical school. Introduction to bioinformatics and methodologies, with emphasis on concepts and inventing new computational and statistical techniques to analyze biological data. Focus on sequence analysis and alignment algorithms. Concurrently scheduled with course CM260A. P/NP or letter grading.
Units: 4.0
Units: 4.0
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Like others said, he can be quite boring. He pretty much lectures off the slides. There's lots of material he has to cover, and the slides can be quite conceptual/analytical. It's a math/stat-like class, with programming (computer science) projects, so if you're not good at math or computer programming, then it'll be tough. Most of the class are computer science students, and they tend to be better at math and the programming projects will be easy for them, so expect competition. As for the professor, he's actually a nice guy, and if you go to his office hours, he will try to help you understand the material. This is a tough course, but the professor is pretty nice.
Like others said, he can be quite boring. He pretty much lectures off the slides. There's lots of material he has to cover, and the slides can be quite conceptual/analytical. It's a math/stat-like class, with programming (computer science) projects, so if you're not good at math or computer programming, then it'll be tough. Most of the class are computer science students, and they tend to be better at math and the programming projects will be easy for them, so expect competition. As for the professor, he's actually a nice guy, and if you go to his office hours, he will try to help you understand the material. This is a tough course, but the professor is pretty nice.
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