BI402/CH454
Bioinformatics
0.5 Credit

Hours per week:
  • Lecture/Discussion: 2
  • Lab: 2

A lecture and laboratory course that will provide students with an understanding of, and experience with, the current concepts and methods used in the study of bioinformatics. Techniques may include sequence alignment, algorithms such as Smith-Waterman, BLAST, FASTA, amino-acid substitution matrices, Hidden Markov Models and motif finding. (Cross-listed as CH454.)

Additional Course Information
Prerequisites
BI393 or ST231 (or equivalent), AND one of BI226 or BI236 or registration status: Year 3 or Year 4 of the Honours BSc Biochemistry and Biotechnology program.
 

Senate/Editorial Changes

Senate Academic Planning Committee Revisions April 1, 2019: BI402/CH454 Prerequisite revised; effective September 1, 2019.