Bachelor of Science, Minor in Computational Molecular Biology
Currently, at McGill there is a Minor in Computational Molecular Biology offered by the Department of Computer Science. This minor is intended for students majoring in the "biological sciences" (e.g., biology, biochemistry, immunology and microbiology) who are also serious about the computational and mathematical aspects of Bioinformatics. It is important to note that this is not intended as simply an "Introduction to Bioinformatics". Instead, students are required to complete core courses of the computer science curriculum and several (3 or 4) courses specific to Computational Biology. Students who complete this program will be very well versed in the basis of Bioinformatics and will be in a good position to study Bioinformatics at the graduate level.
Required Courses (24 credits)
MATH 240
Discrete Structures 1
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Mathematics & Statistics (Sci): Mathematical foundations of logical thinking and reasoning. Mathematical language and proof techniques. Quantifiers. Induction. Elementary number theory. Modular arithmetic. Recurrence relations and asymptotics. Combinatorial enumeration. Functions and relations. Partially ordered sets and lattices. Introduction to graphs, digraphs and rooted trees.
Offered by: Mathematics and Statistics
- Fall
- Corequisite: MATH 133.
- Restriction: For students in any Computer Science program. Others only with the instructor's permission. Not open to students who have taken or are taking MATH 235.
COMP 202
Foundations of Programming
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Computer Science (Sci): Introduction to programming in a modern high-level language, modular software design and debugging. Programming concepts are illustrated using a variety of application areas.
Offered by: Computer Science
- 3 hours
- Prerequisite: a CEGEP level mathematics course
- Restrictions: COMP 202 and COMP 208 cannot both be taken for credit. COMP 202 is intended as a general introductory course, while COMP 208 is intended for students interested in scientific computation. COMP 202 cannot be taken for credit with or after COMP 250
- Terms
- Instructors
- Daniel G Pomerantz
- Daniel G Pomerantz, Jorg Andreas Kienzle
COMP 251
Algorithms and Data Structures
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Computer Science (Sci): Introduction to algorithm design and analysis. Graph algorithms, greedy algorithms, data structures, dynamic programming, maximum flows.
Offered by: Computer Science
- Terms
- Instructors
- Prakash Panangaden
- Clark Verbrugge
COMP 360
Algorithm Design
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Computer Science (Sci): Advanced algorithm design and analysis. Linear programming, complexity and NP-completeness, advanced algorithmic techniques.
Offered by: Computer Science
- Terms
- Instructors
- Hamed Hatami
- Adrian Roshan Vetta
COMP 462
Computational Biology Methods
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Computer Science (Sci): Application of computer science techniques to problems arising in biology and medicine, techniques for modeling evolution, aligning molecular sequences, predicting structure of a molecule and other problems from computational biology.
Offered by: Computer Science
COMP 564
Computational Gene Regulation
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Computer Science (Sci): This course examines computational problems related to gene regulation at the mRNA and protein levels. With respect to mRNA expression, topics include microarray analysis, SNP detection, and the inference of genetic networks. With respect to protein expression, topics include peptide sequencing, peptide identification, and the interpretation of interaction maps.
Offered by: Computer Science
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the academic year
Please email the secretary [at] mcb [dot] mcgill [dot] ca (MCB secretary) for more information on these programs and any other concerns that you may have.