Syllabus

Semester: Spring 2025
Meeting time: Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9:30 - 10:45 am.
Location: G8 Cathedral of Learning
Instructor: Alex Maldonado, PhD (he/him/his)
Email: alex.maldonado@pitt.edu
Office hours:

Days	Times	Locations
Tuesdays	1:00 - 2:00 pm	L10 Clapp

Catalog description

This course is designed to give students a broad understanding of how computational approaches can be used to solve problems in biology. Both the biological and computational underpinnings of the methods will be addressed.

Note

The catalog course description mandates what material this course has to cover. How the material is covered is at the discretion of the instructor.

Prerequisites

To enroll, you must have received a minimum grade of C in Foundations of Biology 2 (BIOSC 0160, 0165, or 0716).

Programming experience

Basic programming in Python will be necessary for the successful completion of this course. However, prior experience is not required and adequate time and instruction to learn Python will be provided.