BNFO 301 
Introduction to Bioinformatics
Personal Information Questionnaire
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Spring 2013 

I. Basic Information

  1. Your name  
    As you wish to be called 
    and/or   As you wish NOT to be called 
  2. Your e-mail address 
  3. OK if your picture is made available to others in the class (but not to the world)? 
  4. How often do you check e-mail? 
  5. Year you expect to graduate 
  6. Major or Department 
  7. Almost every class you will need to bring a laptop with wireless access.
         Any problem with this? 
  8. Special sessions have been scheduled for Tuesday, 10:50-11:50 AM, devoted mostly (but not exclusively) to molecular biology to help those without a good background in it to get up to speed. I believe most of you can make this time (because most of you signed up for the mythical Section 1 lab).
    Is this time available for you? Do you anticipate attending?

II. Experience
A. Biology

Please check courses you have taken or are taking:
        Intro Biology Phage Discovery Cell Biology  Genetics  Moelcular Biology 

Any other biology class or experience pertinent to molecular biology?

B. Chemistry
Please check courses you have taken or are taking:
       General Chemistry Organic Chemistry Biochemistry

Any other chemistry class or experience pertinent to molecular biology?

C. Computer Science
Courses and experiences? More importantly, how comfortable do you feel about computer programming?
D. Math
D.1. How comfortable do you feel working with statistics and understanding what things mean? (Note that I'm not asking how much you know) 

D.2. How comfortable do you feel working with probability and understanding what things mean? (Again, I'm not talking about classroom knowledge. Maybe you learned it all playing cards) 

D.3. In general, how comfortable are you figuring things out mathematically, like how to slice a bagel so that each of three people get an equal part, and everyone gets a hole.

E. Research
Have you had any research experience (interpret any way you like)?   
If so, please elucidate below.
III. Fuzzy philosophical questions
A. What is your current thinking as to your career/life goal?
B. Why did/do you hope to gain from your time at VCU?
C. What, thus far, has helped you during your time at VCU make progress?
D. What, thus far, has not helped you during your time at VCU make progress?
E. Why did you take this course? What do you hope to gain from it?
IV. Anything else?
Put here any comments, questions, suggestions, concerns that don't fit anywhere else.
Thanks!
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