Studying complex biological systems can be greatly facilitated by modern computing technologies. This course introduces essential computer programming concepts and algorithms to biology major students. Students learn logics of programming and apply it to gene sequence analysis (bioinformatics), simulation of dynamic systems (systems biology), and data analysis (statistics in biology).

Prerequisites: MCDB 1A, EEMB 2 and MCDB 1B; and MCDB 101A or EEMB 129 (may be taken concurrently); and Pstat 5A or Pstat 5LS or Math 4A. Completion of all listed prerequisites with a grade of C or better.

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Letters and science

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These majors only mcdb crstu eemb
Sung Soo Kim
3.8
4 reviews

Lecture

CHEM 1171
M W F
16:00 PM - 16:50 PM
69 / 69 Full

Sections

ILP 3101
F
11:00 AM - 11:50 AM
23 / 23 Full
ILP 3107
F
12:00 PM - 12:50 PM
23 / 23 Full
ILP 3107
F
13:00 PM - 13:50 PM
23 / 23 Full
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MCDB 170 Kim S Fall 2023 Total: 63
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3.8
MCDB170 . 1 Year, 1 Month Ago

Honestly just a mean professor, almost like he goes out of his way to do so. Class is fine, not too strenuous but just not a nice guy and it affects the feel of the class.

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MCDB170 . 3 Years Ago

A great MCDB elective! It would be p difficult for a programming newcomer, but he'll def tone down the difficulty for future sessions of the class. Weekly coding homework assignments, weekly MC quizzes, a MC midterm, and a MC + coding final. Mandatory TA sections. Learned many new and relevant Python packages! Really understanding and caring guy!

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MCDB170 . 3 Years Ago

Sung Soo is a rare gem in the UCSB MCDB dept and the Dept is lucky it found this man. It was his first time teaching at SB and he did a stellar job. 170 is new, and it took 2 weeks for him to adjust the difficulty, but once he did the class was a blast. I learned a lot, HW counts for a decent chunk of grade, and he rounds all decimals up (.01+)

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MCDB170 . 3 Years Ago

This was the 1st quarter that MCDB170 was offered.. so our class was kinda the guinea pig. Class was REALLY difficult the first couple weeks, then Prof Kim got our feedback from a midquarter survey and really made the class a lot more doable. Prof Kim is really caring and patient. I learned a lot because I was completely new to programming before.

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