BIOL 113 Quantitative Biology

An introduction to quantitative reasoning for biologists. Students are introduced to the core concept for biological literacy of systems biology. Core competencies developed in this course include the ability to use quantitative reasoning, modeling, and simulation. Topics include data organization, experimental design, statistical inference, data visualization and bioinformatics illustrated by biological examples and data sets. Learning how to use the statistical software package R will be a key component of the course.