Weekly Schedule:Tuesday & Thursday 11-12:30, Lab Wednesday 12:30-3:30
Instructor: Jarrett Byrnes
Email: jarrett.byrnes@umb.edu
Office Hours:Prof. Byrnes will hold office hours Thursday from 2:00-3:30

TA: Jillian Dunic
Email: jillian.dunic001@umb.edu
Office Hours: Thursday 1:00-2:00

Course Objectives:
1. Learn how to create efficient understandable datasets for biological research.
2. Build a vocabulary of visualization tools that enable students to see what their data means.
3. Develop an understanding of how to manipulate data for the purposes of seeing useful patterns.
4. Understand how to unify data from disparate sources to build a larger picture of biological phenomena.
5. Learn basic analytical tools for deriving statistical inference from data.
6. Learn common programming languages associated with data science

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Syllabus [pdf]
Weekly Schedule & Readings
Lab Handouts
Assignments
Final Project

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