Description
Content:
Modern bioscience research increasingly makes use of computational methods to collect, explore, analyse, display and share data and results.
In this module students will learn the foundational skills of coding so that they can write computer programs and analyse data using the Python programming language.
Students will be taught using examples drawn from bioscience research, and apply computational techniques to a research question.
Module Aims and Objectives:
Upon successful completion of this module, students will:
- understand the fundamental concepts in programming
- be able to write computer programs in Python, including file I/O and simple algorithms
- be able to apply best practise in designing and structuring Python code
- know how to use Python to import, prepare, filter and manipulate experimental data sets
- be able to use computational approaches to explore and analyse data, being able to apply simple statistical tests and interpret the results
- be able to use Python plotting libraries to produce publication quality figures
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No prior programming experience is necessary.
Module organizers: Term 1 delivery: Dr Philip LewisÌý; Term 2 delivery: Dr Alexander Fedorec.
Module deliveries for 2024/25 academic year
Last updated
This module description was last updated on 19th August 2024.
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