BMI 5018 - Introduction to Programming for Biomedical Data Science

This course will provide students in the biological and medical domains the foundational programming skills to create computer programs to manage and analyze data drawn from clinical, biological, and public health domains. Working with the Python programming language, students will learn how to write procedural and object-oriented programs. Mathematical principles relevant to biomedical data science will be reviewed through programming examples and problems. Students will also develop competency in using software version control with git as well as how to work within Linux environments.