COURSE DESCRIPTION:It has long been recognized that scientific breakthroughs and groundbreaking research in the coming century requires multidisciplinary approaches to many areas of research. By means of critical reading of classical and contemporary articles the course will cover a broad range of relevant techniques from mathematical, statistical and computational sciences, and their relations to the specific scientific questions in each of the articles discussed. The course will cover 26 articles on biological questions that have been addressed both theoretically and experimentally. These articles will cover a broad range of biological topics from molecular biology, evolutionary biology, geonomics and neuroscience.

(In order for this course to be given a minimum of 8 students must be registered.)

Course Objectives: The goal is for students to understand each paper. (See Additional Information section below.

REQUIRED MATERIALS: N/A

PREREQUISITES: None.

SUITABLE FOR 1ST YEAR STUDENTS: Yes

STUDENT ASSESSMENTS: Class participation and papers presentations

CREDIT HOURS: 2.0