Bioinformatics and computing curriculum: a new model for interdisciplinary courses

Authors:
Jacquelyn S. Fetrow;David J. John
Affiliations:
Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC;Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC
Venue:
Proceedings of the 37th SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education
Year:
2006

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Abstract

An interdisciplinary bioinformatics course has been taught at Wake Forest for three semesters. Undergraduate and graduate students from multiple academic specialties are brought together in a single classroom. In addition to focusing on traditional bioinformatics topics, this course concentrates on interdisciplinary collaboration in the in-class exercises and the research-based course project. A team of faculty from complementary disciplines teach the course. Productive communication is one key goal of this course.