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CS-5124: Algorithms in Bioinformatics

Description: Algorithms to solve problems found in biology, especially molecular biology. A variety of current problems in computational molecular biology will be introduced, investigated, analyzed for computational complexity, and solved with efficient algorithms, when feasible. A number of such problems will be shown to be intractable or other evidence of their difficulty will be presented. Pre: Graduate standing in the CSA program.

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: CS-5046 and PPWS-5314

Required By: N/A

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 2

Average GPA: 4.00 (rounds to A)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 100.00%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.00%

Liqing Zhang2021100.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%4.001
Lenwood S Heath2019100.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%4.001

Grade Distribution Over Time

1234GPA
Spring 2019Spring 2021Term050% W