BNFO 301 
Introduction to Bioinformatics
Course at a Glance: Overview
Spring 2013 

Name BNFO 301: Introduction to Bioinformatics
Objectives of course Multiple:
  • Help you in your primary task of determining your life's calling:
    (a) what you're good at, (b) what you love doing, and (c) what the world needs done.
  • Help you make progress along the long road towards becoming an independent agent, a producer of new insights and solutions
  • Help you understand how bioinformatics lets us see biology in a new light
  • Help you realize that the tools of bioinformatics are within your grasp
  • (See Objectives for details)
Time and Place TR 9:30-10:45 am, Oliver Hall-Education, Rm 2122
T 10:50-11:50 am, Life Sci Bldg, Rm 154 - Special sessions on molecular biology
NO LABS ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY
      (never mind what the class schedule says)
Prerequisites Some familiarity with molecular biology
      (e.g. gained from BNFO 491: Molecular Biology Through Discovery)
At whom is the course aimed? Anyone who wants
  • Bioinformatics majors
  • Those who wish to add bioinformatics to their intellectual tool box
  • Those who have their own good reasons
Instructor Jeff Elhai (ElhaiJ at VCU dot Edu)
Center for the Study of Biological Complexity
Life Sciences Building, Room 335
Teaching Assistant Raiha Tahir (TahirR at VCU dot Edu)
Recommended Text None. Material will be posted.
Also many pre-existing on-line resources
Accomodations for a disability In brief: Come and talk and we'll figure out a solution
In not so brief: Official rights and responsibilities       Official policy