Scientific Computing for Biologists

3 credits · Undergraduate

Best practices for scientific computing and data handling, theory of visualisation, and scripting, teaching students how to create, store, and manipulate data using the object-oriented programming language R. Examples and projects will be drawn from a wide variety of biological areas, covering typical problems encountered with computer use. CALENDAR NOTES: This course is aimed at biology and marine biology majors who are looking to pursue future research in any discipline. PREREQUISITES: BIOL 2030.03 or BIOL 2040.03 or BIOL 2060.03 or permission of Instructor FORMATS: Lecture | Lab