Subject: Biological & Medical Informatics
Course Number: 219
Course Title: Special Topics in Bioinformatics
Units: 3
School: Graduate Division
Department: Biological And Medical Informatics Program

Course Description: Each course offering will focus on the literature of a current important area of Bioinformatics. Students will be expected to read assigned papers critically before class and to present and discuss papers in class. Students will also be expected to write and present a brief research proposal based upon their reading. Topics in Molecular, Cellular, developmental, systems, and computation biology will be covered in separate course offerings.
Prerequisites: None.
Restrictions: Priority given to first-year graduate students.
Activities: Direct - Lecture, Direct - Independent Study, Direct - Conference, Student - Lecture

Instructor of Record: Staff
May the student choose the instructor for this course? Yes
Does enrollment in this course require instructor approval? No

Quarter(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
Course Grading Convention: P/NP (Pass/Not Pass) or S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)
Graduate Division course: Yes
Is this a web-based online course? No
Is this an Interprofessional Education (IPE) course? No
May students in the Graduate Division (i.e. pursuing Master or PhD) enroll in this course? Yes
Repeat course for credit? Yes