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Course descriptions provided by the 2025-2026 Catalog.
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- Schedule of Classes - October 30, 2025 7:09PM EDT
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    BIOCB 3620
    
          
        
  
 
  Course Description
Life is dynamic and ever-changing. Because of this, a central tool used to study living systems are dynamic models. This course provides an introductory survey of the development, computer implementation, ... view course details
- Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one laboratory. Combined with: BIOCB 6620 
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                Credits and Grading Basis4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades) 
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        Meeting Pattern- TR
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
- Instructors- Hein, A 
 
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    Additional InformationInstruction Mode: In Person For Bowers Computer and Information Science (CIS) Course Enrollment Help, please see: https://tdx.cornell.edu/TDClient/193/Portal/Home/ 
    
    BIOCB 4100
    
          
        
  
 
  Course Description
This course integrates technical approaches to biodiversity conservation, with a focus on biological analysis of species facing extinction risk. Students will learn quantitative tools for analyzing variation ... view course details
- Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one laboratory. Combined with: BIOCB 5100, ENTOM 4100, ENTOM 5100, NTRES 4100, NTRES 5100 
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                Credits and Grading Basis4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only) 
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        Meeting Pattern- TR
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
- Instructors- Enbody, E - Guzman Uribe, L 
 
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    Additional InformationInstruction Mode: In Person 
    
    BIOCB 4350
    
          
        
  
 
  Course Description
This course will provide a rigorous treatment of computational statistics and machine learning methods used to analyze big biological data types. Inference and learning methods covered will include basic ... view course details
- Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one laboratory. Combined with: BIOCB 6350 
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                Credits and Grading Basis4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades) 
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        Class Number & Section Details
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        Meeting Pattern- TR
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
- Instructors- Mezey, J 
 
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    Additional InformationInstruction Mode: In Person 
    
    BIOCB 4830
    
          
        
  
 
  Course Description
A rigorous treatment of analysis techniques used to understand complex genetic systems. This course covers both the fundamentals and advances in statistical methodology used to analyze disease ... view course details
- Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one laboratory. Combined with: BIOCB 6830 
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                Credits and Grading Basis4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only) 
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        Meeting Pattern- TR
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
- Instructors- Musharoff, S 
 
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    Additional InformationInstruction Mode: In Person For Bowers Computer and Information Science (CIS) Course Enrollment Help, please see: https://tdx.cornell.edu/TDClient/193/Portal/Home/ 
    
    BIOCB 4910
    
          
        
  
 
  Course Description
This course covers the latest development and cutting-edge research topics in population genetics, aiming to enable students to perform research in population genetics. The first part will cover coalescent ... view course details
- Regular Academic Session. Combined with: BIOCB 6910 
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                Credits and Grading Basis3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades) 
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        Class Number & Section Details
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        Meeting Pattern- TR
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
- Instructors- Wei, A 
 
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    Additional InformationInstruction Mode: In Person For Bowers Computer and Information Science (CIS) Course Enrollment Help, please see: https://tdx.cornell.edu/TDClient/193/Portal/Home/ 
    
    BIOCB 5100
    
          
        
  
 
  Course Description
This course integrates technical approaches to biodiversity conservation, with a focus on biological analysis of species facing extinction risk. Students will learn quantitative tools for analyzing variation ... view course details
- Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one laboratory. Combined with: BIOCB 4100, ENTOM 4100, ENTOM 5100, NTRES 4100, NTRES 5100 
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                Credits and Grading Basis4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only) 
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        Class Number & Section Details
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        Meeting Pattern- TR
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
- Instructors- Enbody, E - Guzman Uribe, L 
 
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    Additional InformationInstruction Mode: In Person 
    
    BIOCB 6350
    
          
        
  
 
  Course Description
This course will provide a rigorous treatment of computational statistics and machine learning methods used to analyze big biological data types. Inference and learning methods covered will include basic ... view course details
- Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one laboratory. Combined with: BIOCB 4350 
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                Credits and Grading Basis4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades) 
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        Class Number & Section Details
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        Meeting Pattern- TR
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
- Instructors- Mezey, J 
 
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    Additional InformationInstruction Mode: In Person 
    
    BIOCB 6620
    
          
        
  
 
  Course Description
Life is dynamic and ever-changing. Because of this, a central tool used to study living systems are dynamic models. This course provides an introductory survey of the development, computer implementation, ... view course details
- Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one laboratory. Combined with: BIOCB 3620 
- 
                Credits and Grading Basis4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades) 
- 
        Class Number & Section Details
- 
        Meeting Pattern- TR
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
- Instructors- Hein, A 
 
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    Additional InformationInstruction Mode: In Person For Bowers Computer and Information Science (CIS) Course Enrollment Help, please see: https://tdx.cornell.edu/TDClient/193/Portal/Home/ 
    
    BIOCB 6830
    
          
        
  
 
  Course Description
A rigorous treatment of analysis techniques used to understand complex genetic systems. This course covers both the fundamentals and advances in statistical methodology used to analyze disease ... view course details
- Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one laboratory. Combined with: BIOCB 4830 
- 
                Credits and Grading Basis4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only) 
- 
        Class Number & Section Details
- 
        Meeting Pattern- TR
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
- Instructors- Musharoff, S 
 
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    Additional InformationInstruction Mode: In Person For Bowers Computer and Information Science (CIS) Course Enrollment Help, please see: https://tdx.cornell.edu/TDClient/193/Portal/Home/ 
    
    BIOCB 6890
    
          
        
  
 
  Course Description
Graduate seminar on current topics in population genetics. Readings are chosen primarily from current scientific literature. Participation in discussion and presentation of at least one paper required ... view course details
    
    BIOCB 6910
    
          
        
  
 
  Course Description
This course covers the latest development and cutting-edge research topics in population genetics, aiming to enable students to perform research in population genetics. The first part will cover coalescent ... view course details
- Regular Academic Session. Combined with: BIOCB 4910 
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                Credits and Grading Basis3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades) 
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        Class Number & Section Details
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        Meeting Pattern- TR
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
- Instructors- Wei, A 
 
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    Additional InformationInstruction Mode: In Person For Bowers Computer and Information Science (CIS) Course Enrollment Help, please see: https://tdx.cornell.edu/TDClient/193/Portal/Home/ 
    
    BIOCB 7200
    
          
        
  
 
  Course Description
Weekly seminar series on recent advances in computational genomics. A selection of the latest papers in the field are read and discussed. Methods are stressed, but biological results and their significance ... view course details
- Regular Academic Session. 
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                Credits and Grading Basis1 Credit Sat/Unsat(Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) 
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        Class Number & Section Details
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        Meeting Pattern- F
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
- Instructors- Kim, J 
 
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    Additional InformationInstruction Mode: In Person For Bowers Computer and Information Science (CIS) Course Enrollment Help, please see: https://tdx.cornell.edu/TDClient/193/Portal/Home/ 
    
    BIOCB 7210
    
          
        
  
 
  Course Description
Weekly seminar series on recent advances in quantitative genomics. A selection of the latest papers in the field is read and discussed. Methods are stressed, but biological results and their significance ... view course details
