BE310

040906

Computers and data analysis are increasingly essential to the study of all aspects of science. Introduction to Biosystems Analytics is a three-unit course designed to develop computational skills for a variety of biological applications. In this course, you will learn how to interact with data including understanding data structure, database management systems, and introductory programming for data manipulation, analysis, and visualization. The course will use a student-centered teaching and active learning approach. Class will typically consist of short introductions to computational terms, concepts and techniques, and associated problems, followed by hands on computing exercises. By the end of the course, you will able to create, enter, store, manipulate, analyze, and visualize various data types using the command line interface, databases, and R.

GRD - Regular Grades A, B, C, D, E

Undergraduate

CE - CL (Cross Listed)

BE 120 and BE 205 (or equivalent) are recommended, but not required