Objectives of course (Click here for why)

• Adopt a new mindset -- that of bioinformatics
• Absorb computer programming, bioinformatics' most basic tool

• Bioinformatics majors
• Those who wish to explore bioinformatics as a career option
• Those who wish to add bioinformatics to their intellectual tool box

• Guided tours through many current uses of bioinformatics
• Discussion, notes, and questionnaires
• Problem sets
• Collaborative research with members of the scientific community
• Mentoring high school biology students
• Integrative exams