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2021-2022 UMass Dartmouth Undergraduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]

CIS 455 - Bioinformatics

Credits 3
Lecture
Requirements: Prereq: CIS 360; C or Better
Introduction to the field of bioinformatics. This course addresses the analysis of information present in biological systems. This course presents an overview of the applications of computing technologies such as: analysis of protein sequence, pattern matching, biomodeling and simulation, and biological data visualization. It also provides algorithms and methods on a selection of computational problems. Hands on experience with tools and data.
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