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CSE 180Biology Meets Computing

4 units · CSE · UC San Diego

Topics include an overview of various aspects of bioinformatics and will simultaneously introduce students to programming in Python. The assessments in the course represent various programming challenges and include solving diverse biological problems using popular bioinformatics tools. Students may not receive credit for CSE 180 and CSE 180R.

Before you enroll

Prerequisites

From the catalog: “BILD 1 or BILD 4 or CSE 11 or CSE 3 or CSE 8A or CSE 8B.”

Where it fits

Where it sits in degree plans

Required in (1)

  • Public Health with Concentration in Biostatistics (B.S.)

One of the options in (5)

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Computer Science (B.S.)
  • Computer Science with Specialization in Bioinformatics (B.S.)
  • Microbiology (B.S.)
  • Molecular and Cell Biology (B.S.)