CSCI 122 - BIOINFORMATICS
FALL 2008
Instructor: Kathleen Devlin
Office:	JB 336 x77231
Office Hours:	Mon 3:15-3:45pm
	Before and after class		GO TO LECTURE SCHEDULE
	and by appointment
E-Mail:	kdevlin@csusb.edu
Supplies Needed:
Text:	Bioinformatics Computing
RECOMMENDED	Bryan Bergeron, M.D.
	ISBN 0-13-100825-0
Course Pack: **MANDATORY**	Purchase at: Copy Plus 1689 Kendall Drive, #C
Course Description
This course examines natural sciences and the use of computers and computer technology in the natural
sciences through bioinformatics.  The course also introduces ethical and social issues related to technology,
including issues of access, equity, privacy, and ownership of intellectual property.
A goal of this course is the aid in understanding the tools and methods of  the natural sciences, learning
some of the important results of scientific inquiry, and discussing some major consequences of  science and
technology.  To meet this goal, we will discuss the scientific method as applied within the natural sciences,
and explore the underlying philosophy of science, as well as the social and historical context of scientific
development.
The biology of information and the relation of information to computer science, technology, and
human society is an evolving area of active research.  The past outcomes of this work include all of modern
data communications networks; the future areas include all new modes of computation and understanding
of the natural world (which is the primary topic area of all of natural science).  The  level  of  this course
will not require any advanced mathematics, but will rely on descriptive concepts.
GRADING POLICY			GRADING SCALE
TOTAL OF 250 POINTS AS FOLLOWS:			A    233 - 250        C   183 - 192
5 In-class Projects -10 points each	50   20%		A-   225 - 232        C-  175 - 182
Midterm Examination	100   40%		B+  218 - 224        D+ 168 - 174
Final Examination	100   40%		B    208 - 217        D   158 - 167
Totals	250 100%		B-   200 - 207        D-  150 - 157
			C+  193 - 199        F      <150
Students are responsible for ALL announcements made in class.
Cheating is cause for dissmissal from University and an "F" in the course.
If you are in need of an accommodation for a disability in order to participate in this class,
please let me know ASAP and also contact Services to Students with Disabilities at UH-183,
(909)537-5238