Bioinformatics and computing curriculum: A new model for interdisciplinary courses

Proceedings of the Thirty-Seventh SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 185-189

  Fetrow, Jacquelyn S ^a   John, David J ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioinformatics; Computational biology; Curriculum; Interdisciplinary communication

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; GRADUATE STUDENTS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; SEMESTERS;

CURRICULA; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; NATURAL SCIENCES COMPUTING; STUDENTS;

BIOINFORMATICS;

EID: 37849039005     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1121341.1121399     Document Type: Conference Paper

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