student learning objectives fundamentals course
The following course-specific SLO鈥檚 map back to the BPG program-specific SLO鈥檚.
Graduating students WILL BE ABLE TO:
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a. Repeated element distribution
b. Transcription factor binding sites (for long- and short-range factors)
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a. Phylogenetics
3) 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 Describe and use analytic tools associated with systems/bioinformatic approaches, including (for example):
a. Transcriptomics 鈥� microarray analysis vs. deep sequencing
b. Proteomic mass spectroscopic methods (identification and abundance)
c. Determining statistical significance in large bioinformatic datasets
4)聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Carry out appropriate statistical analysis of sequence information, including (for example):
a. Probabilistic methods
b. Deterministic methods
c. Cluster analysis
5)聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Demonstrate competent use of existing bioinformatic and statistical
software, including (for
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a. Alignments and their interpretation
b. Phylogenetic analyses
c. Programs to predict genes and transcription factor binding sites
d. Programs to display, predict and analyze 3D biomolecule structures