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Bioinformatics: A New Field in Engineering Education
Author(s) -
Hughey Richard,
Karplus Kevin
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
journal of engineering education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.896
H-Index - 108
eISSN - 2168-9830
pISSN - 1069-4730
DOI - 10.1002/j.2168-9830.2003.tb00745.x
Subject(s) - curriculum , field (mathematics) , engineering education , graduate education , biological sciences , computer science , biological engineering , science and engineering , graduate students , data science , mathematics education , engineering , engineering ethics , engineering management , bioinformatics , computational biology , biology , medical education , medicine , mathematics , psychology , pedagogy , pure mathematics
Bioinformatics is a new engineering field poorly served by traditional curricula. Bioinformatics concerns the use of computer and statistical methods to understand biological data, such as the voluminous data produced by high‐throughput biological experimentation. As the demand has outpaced the supply of bioinformaticians, the University of California, Santa Cruz, School of Engineering is establishing undergraduate and graduate degrees in bioinformatics. In this paper we explore the blend of mathematics, engineering, science, and bioinformatics topics and courses needed for an undergraduate degree in this new field.