BNFO 301 
Introduction to Bioinformatics
Personal Information Questionnaire
(please press SUBMIT button when finished)
Spring 2014 

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. Considering your schedule for this semester, if you had to choose one day of the week when things (like problem sets) are due, what day would that be? 
     
  9. Special sessions have been tentatively scheduled for those who want extra help on Wednesdays at 3:30-4:30 PM and Fridays at noon.
    - Would you come to such sessions if they were at a convenient time for you?
    - Is either time convenient for you?
    - Would you prefer another time instead
       (Mon or Wed >3:30PM or Fri >11:00 AM)?

II. Experience
A. Biology

Please check courses you have taken or are taking:
        Intro Biology Phage Discovery Cell Biology  Genetics  Molecular 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
Please check courses you have taken or are taking:
        BNFO201 (Python)  Intro Comp Sci Intro Programming 
       Data Structures & OOP

How comfortable do you feel about computer programming?

How comfortable do you feel about figuring out algorithms?
For example, could you work out a step-by-step algorithm that will calculate n factorial?

D. Math
D.1. In general, how comfortable are you using simple math, like what you learned in high school?

D.2. How comfortable do you feel working with probability in a practical way?

D.3. How comfortable do you feel about your understanding of what statistics mean?
By "statistics" I'm talking about things like t-tests.

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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