Developing a simulation course for bioinformatics program

  • Authors:
  • Anatoly Kurkovsky

  • Affiliations:
  • University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA

  • Venue:
  • Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges
  • Year:
  • 2007

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Abstract

We present an approach to design and teach a simulation course at a small university with an interdisciplinary specialization. We analyze the existing ways to teach simulation courses and identify the specificity and goals within our approach. We propose the content of a simulation course for bioinformatics divided into three units: general simulation methodology, case studies, and building real simulation models. Our approach to teach simulation reinforces the students' problem-solving skills and opportunities to conduct applied research. We taught this simulation course for bioinformatics and received positive results of student evaluations.