B.Sc. (Biotechnology) Computers in Biology Syllabus - Mumbai University 2026
This is the FY BSc Biotechnology syllabus under NEP 2020, in force from the academic year 2023-24. The University still examines the earlier Choice Based papers alongside it — her third-year office registers name that scheme — so check which scheme your exam form names before you revise.
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Syllabus for Computers in Biology
Practical (2 credits)
- 1 An Introduction to Data Types and Sources in Computational Biology(Assignment)
- 2 File handling: copy, rename, delete, type and Directory structure: make, rename, move directory
- 3 Word Processing:
- a Creating, Saving & Operating a document, Editing, Inserting, Deleting, Formatting, Moving & Copying Text.
- b Find & Replace, Spell Checker & Grammar Checker,
- c Document Enhancement (Borders, Shading, Header, Footer),
- d Printing document (Page layout, Margins),
- e Working with Graphics (Word Art), Working with Tables & Charts, Inserting Files (Pictures, Databases, Spreadsheets)
- 4 Worksheet Basics: Entering information in a Worksheet, Saving & Opening a Worksheet, Editing, Copying & Moving data, Inserting, Deleting & Moving Columns & Rows, Clearing
- 5 Using formulas in spreadsheet for simple calculations
- 6 Creating graphs, pie charts etc in
- 7 Present analysis of data in Excel in graphical form.
- 8 Apply basic data analysis techniques using formulas like VLOOKUP, MATCH, and INDEX.
- 9 Creation of Computer Presentations with graphics:
- a Creation of slides, changing layout and using the design tab.
- b Using the insert tab function for pictures, audio, video, shapes, smart art, wordart, textbox.
- c Assigning Transitions and animations to slides.
- 10 Searching/Surfing on the internet
- 11 Visit to NCBI, EMBL, DDBJ, PIR, KEGG databases
- 12 Case studies: How databases support genomics, proteomics, and systems biology
Text Books
- 1 Sinha, P. K., Sinha, P. (2004). Computer Fundamentals. India: BPB Publications.
- 2 Goel, A. (2010). Computer Fundamentals. India: Pearson Education.
- 3 Wempen, F. (2014). Computing Fundamentals: Introduction to Computers. Germany: Wiley.
- 1 Bioinformatics: Methods and Applications: Genomics, Proteomics and Drug Discovery, N. Mendiritta, P. Rastogi, S. C. Rastogi
Reproduced from the University of Mumbai syllabus for B.Sc. (Biotechnology) under NEP 2020, in force from the academic year 2023-24. Wording is as printed in that syllabus. Module numbering is as printed there too.