UNIT IX: Future Technologies
CLASS PARTICIPATION
Participation is key to making everyone’s experience pleasant and productive. Participation means not only that the student be present in class (or online), but also that the student should:
review all course sections and complete all weekly assignments on a timely basis;
fully cooperate and collaborate with classmates in group work assignments and exercises.
actively and interactively participate in each lecture’s discussion in the classroom and online. This requirement applies to students whether they are taking the course online (fully or partially online) or face to face.
31 CURRICULUM PROPOSAL – NEW COURSES AND PROGRAMS
LIBRARY RESOURCES & INFORMATION LITERACY Please complete this form for all new courses/programs and major changes to existing courses/programs. The information you provide will assist the library in planning for new acquisitions; this information will not affect course or program proposals either positively or negatively.
Consult with library faculty subject selectors early in the planning of course proposals. This will ensure enough time to allocate budgets if materials need to be purchased.
Find the library faculty subject selector for your department here:
http://library.citytech.cuny.edu/about/faculty/subject.php Course proposer: please complete boxes 1-5.
Library faculty subject selector: please complete box 6.
#1
Title of proposal
MEDICAL INFORMATICS FUNDAMENTALS
Department/Program
Biological Sciences Department, Program in Biomedical Informatics
Department Chairperson/Coordinator Prof. Walied Samarrai
Expected date course(s) will be offered Spring of 2013
# of students 24
Proposed by
Prof. Armando D. Solis [email protected] (718) 260-5894
Date 09/07/11
#2
Brief description of course(s) and/or program
An introduction to the current practice of medical informatics. Major course topics address challenges related to the implementation of electronic health records and other medical and healthcare databases in patient care settings, and their effective use in managing and improving personal and public health.
Prerequisite: BIO 2311
#3
Are City Tech library resources sufficient for course assignments? Please elaborate.
New books on bioinformatics should be obtained. In particular:
32 1. Biomedical Informatics: Computer Applications in Health Care and Biomedicine,
3rd Edition (2006) by Edward H. Shortliffe (Editor), James J. Cimino (Associate Editor).
2. Medical Informatics: Knowledge Management and Data Mining in Biomedicine (Integrated Series in Information Systems) (2010) by Hsinchun Chen (Editor), Sherrilynne S. Fuller (Editor), Carol Friedman (Editor), William Hersh (Editor).
#4
Are additional resources needed for course assignments? No
#5
Library faculty focus on strengthening students' information literacy skills in finding, evaluating, and ethically using information. We are available to collaborate with instructors regarding development of assignments, and to provide customized information literacy instruction and research guides for your course.
Do you plan to consult with the library faculty subject specialist for your area?
Please give details.
Completion of the course involves a semester-long final research project, which will utilize online resources such as online journals, newspapers, magazines, and e-books.
Involvement of library faculty will ensure the success of our students in the efficient use of library resources, as well as the effective and ethical use of information.
#6
Library Faculty Subject Selector___ Songqian Lu ____________________
Comments and Recommendations
The proposal for Introduction to Medical Informatics and the related library resources have been reviewed.
The requested books for this new course will be acquired by the library.
City Tech library in recent years has expanded its electronic collections. The library encourages students and instructors take advantage of the rich databases and e-book collections for their learning and teaching needs.
The library faculty will be available to work with instructors and to provide information literacy instruction and customized research workshop for this new course.
Date: January 20, 2012
33 Section AIV: New Courses
CHANCELLOR’S REPORT FORM FOR NEW COURSES AIV.1. Department: BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
Course Number: BIO 3352 Title: BIOINFORMATICS II
Hours: 2 lecture hours/week and 4 lab hours/week Credits: 4 credits
Prerequisites: BIO 3350 Corequisites: none
Course Description: A continuation of Bioinformatics I. Advanced topics in structural bioinformatics, functional genomics, and evolutionary processes. The course covers molecular evolution and phylogenetics; protein structure and stability, protein folding, and computational structure prediction of proteins; proteomics; protein-nucleic acid interactions; RNA bioinformatics, microarray and expression data; and systems biology.
The lab component of the course introduces computational tools used to implement analysis of sequence, structural, and functional data.
Rationale: Currently, City Tech has a one-semester course in Bioinformatics, a Laboratory Science elective. However, a BS program in Biomedical Informatics, proposed herewith, requires a more comprehensive treatment of the canonical topics of Molecular Bioinformatics; therefore, a second semester course is necessary to provide full coverage. BIO 3350 (Bioinformatics I) and this proposed course, BIO 3352 (Bioinformatics II), constitute a full-year Bioinformatics sequence (with laboratory), which should provide majors with a broad knowledge of the basic theoretical underpinnings and current applications of all common computational tools of bioinformatics used by molecular biologists and geneticists, competencies that are expected of biomedical informaticians.
34 NEW COURSE PROPOSAL
BIOINFORMATICS II
Prepared By: Prof. Armando D. SOLIS
NEW YORK CITY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY
The City University Of New York
School of Arts and Sciences Biological Sciences Department
Course Information
Course title: Bioinformatics II (Lecture and Laboratory) Course code: BIO 3352
Credit Hours: 4 credit hours
2 hours LECTURE and 4 LAB hours per week Prerequisite: BIO 3350
Text: Understanding Bioinformatics by Marketa Zvelebil & Jeremy O. Baum, Garland Science, New York (2008).
Course Summary: A continuation of Bioinformatics I, covering advanced topics in structural bioinformatics, functional genomics, and evolutionary processes. The lab component of the course introduces computational tools used to implement analysis of sequence, structural, and functional data.
Additional Suggested Reading:
Lecture notes and web resources provided by instructor, and supplementary materials including scientific journal articles and other scholarly literature.
Grading Procedure
Lecture Exams: 40%
Lab Quizzes: 15%
Lab Exercises: 25%
Research Project: 15%
Class Participation: 5 %
Proposer Information
Name: Armando D. Solis, Ph.D.
Phone: (718) 260-5894
Email: [email protected]
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BIOINFORMATICS II
CATALOG COURSE DESCRIPTION
A continuation of Bioinformatics I. Advanced topics in structural bioinformatics, functional genomics, and evolutionary processes. The course covers molecular evolution and phylogenetics; protein structure and stability, protein folding, and computational structure prediction of proteins; proteomics; protein-nucleic acid interactions; RNA bioinformatics, microarray and expression data; and systems biology. The lab component of the course introduces computational tools used to implement analysis of sequence, structural, and functional data.
Prerequisite: BIO 3350
ANTICIPATED LEARNING OBJECTIVES