Page 107 - tmp

Faculty of Science Handbook, Session 2017/2018

endocrine system, transportation of oxygen and carbon 3.Y. Daniel Liang (2014). Introduction to Programming with
rd
dioxide in blood. C++. 3 ed. Prentice Hall.
Assessment Methods:
Continuous Assessment: 40% SIV 2005 BIOPHYSICS IN BIOINFORMATICS
Final Examination: 60%
This course introduces students to the field of biophysics
Medium of Instruction: and its role in the life sciences. It covers diverse aspects of
English biophysical chemistry, including general concepts in
thermodynamics and kinetics as well as topics more
Soft Skills: specific to biological macromolecules. Students will also be
CS3, CT3 introduced to Physical techniques are central to the
measurement of the atomic structure, dynamics and
Main References: interactions of molecules that are a core foundation of
rd
1. Lubert Stryer (1998). Biochemistry. 3 ed. W.H Freeman modern molecular biology.
and Company.
2. Neil A. Cambell, Jane B. Reece and Lawrence G. Assessment Methods:
Mitchell (1999). Biology. 5 ed. Addisioin Wesley. Continuous Assessment: 40%
th
3. Solomon, E.P, Berg, L.R.,Martin, D.W. and Ville, C. Final Examination: 60%
(1996). Biology. 4 ed. Saunders College Publishing.
th
Medium of Instruction:
English
SIV 2003 COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEM
The syllabus of this course concepts, structure and Soft Skills:
mechanisms of Operating Systems, design principals of CS3, CT3, TS2
modern operating systems reinforced with real world
examples. Main References:
1. Andrey B. Rubin (2014) Fundamentals of Biophysics.
Assessment Methods: Wiley-Scrivener Publishing.
Continuous Assessment: 60% 2. R. Glaser (2012) Biophysics: An Introduction. 2 nd ed.
Final Examination: 40% Springer.
3. R. Phillips, J. Kondev, J. Theriot and H. Garcia (2012).
Medium of Instruction: Physical Biology of the Cell. 2 ed. Garland Science.
nd
English
Soft Skills: SIV 2006 ALGORITHMS IN BIOINFORMATICS
CS3, CT3, LL2
This course introduces some basic bioinformatics
Main References: algorithms in solving the biological problems such as
1. William Stallings (2014). Operating Systems: Internals exhaustive search, greedy algorithms, dynamic
th
and Design Principles. 8 ed. Pearson. programming algorithms, divide-and-conquer algorithms,
2. Thomas Anderson and Michael Dahlin (2014). Operating hidden Markov Modelling (HMM) and other techniques.
nd
Systems: Principles and Practice. 2 ed.
3. Andrew S. Tanenbaum, Herbert Bos (2014). Moden Assessment Methods:
th
Operating Systems. 4 ed. Continuous Assessment: 40%
Final Examination: 60%
SIV 2004 COMPUTER PROGRAMMING Medium of Instruction:
English
This course is intended as a first introduction to
programming computers using the C++ programming Soft Skills:
language. It provides an overview of programming CS3, LL2, CT3
concepts, design and an introduction to coding using the
C++ language. The course has a focus on creating working Main References:
computer programs in C++. This course will address 1. Jones, N. C. and Pevzner P. A. (2014). An Introduction
fundamental concepts of analysis, design, testing and code to Bioinformatics Algorithms, MIT Press.
development. It includes flowcharts, Boolean logic, control 2. Wing-Kin Sun (2013). Algorithms in Bioinformatics: A
flow, data types and structures, variables, arrays, and Practical Introduction, Chapman.
functions.
Assessment Methods: SIV 2007 SYSTEM ANALYSIS AND DESIGN
Continuous Assessment: 40%
Final Examination: 60% This course introduces methodologies for the analysis,
design, and development of an information system.
Medium of Instruction: Importance is placed on system characteristics, managing
English projects, prototyping, CASE tools, and systems
development life cycle phases. Upon completion students
Soft Skills: should be able to analyze a problem and design an
CT3, TS2, LL2 appropriate solution using a combination of tools and
techniques.
Main References:
1.Bjarne Stroustrup (2014). Programming: Principles and Assessment Methods:
nd
Practice Using C++. 2 ed. Addison-Wesley. Continuous Assessment: 40%
2.Deitel and Deitel (2014). C++ How to Program. Prentice Final Examination: 60%
Hall.

104