Inter-faculty Studies in Bioinformatics and Systems Biology (S1-BIOINF)

Learning outcomes
On completing the curriculum the student:
• has a general knowledge of inorganic and organic chemistry with particular emphasis on the compounds of biological importance
• has sufficient knowledge of basic physics to understand the structure and functioning of mechanisms of molecular and biomolecular systems
• knows the basic methods of designing, analysing and programming algorithms, including algorithms for searching, graph and path­name problems
• has a basic knowledge of combinatorics, graph theory, linear algebra, calculus of several variables, probability and statistics and numerical methods
• has a general knowledge of the range of biological research and methodology to carry it out
• can assess, at a basic level, the usefulness of routine methods and bioinformatic tools and can select and use appropriate methods and tools for standard IT tasks
• can analyse data from large­scale technology and synthesise results in the context of biological problems
• can write, run and test programmes in selected script languages and use them to process biological data; can build a simple database system using at least one of the most popular RDBMS
• can describe IT and bioinformatics in a way that is clear to a layman; can prepare a presentation (or article) using IT tools
• can work individually and in a team, can manage his/her time, take on responsibilities and meet deadlines
• understands and appreciates the importance of intellectual integrity in his/her own work and the work of others and acts ethically

Number of ECTS credits: 180
Number of semesters: 6