For each discussion day, you are to read the assigned chapter and/or online resource and email your instructor (davereed@creighton.edu) with answers to the specified review questions. Email must be sent no later than 2 hours before class on the discussion day. Please send your responses as text within the email, as opposed to a separate attachment.

Computer Basics (Section A: 9/1; Section B: 8/31)

Chapter 1 (Custom Book) review questions: 11, 12, 15, 16, 17, 21.

History of Science & Computing (Section A: 9/3 ; Section B: 9/2)

1. Chapter 3 (Custom Book) review questions: 13, 16, 17, 21.
2. List three ways in which science has a profound effect on everyday life.
3. Describe two advantages of using computer simulations or models to study real-world objects.
4. What was the Age of Enlightenment and how did the approach to solving problems during this period differ from those previously used? Describe one key scientific advance during this period.

The Internet and the Web (Section A: 9/17 ; Section B: 9/21)

Chapter 2 (Custom Book) review questions: 13, 14, 15, 17, 22, 23.

Applications in Biology (Section A: 9/29; Section B: 9/30)

1. Describe two ways in which computers are used by researchers in the biological sciences.
2. Who coined the term "bioinformatics?"
3. DNA is made up of a sequence of bases (commonly represented as C, G, A, and T). Roughly how many base pairs make up the human genome (i.e., the collection of chromosomes that define a human being)?
4. Given your answer to the previous question, how many bits of computer storage would be required to represent the human genome. Recall, a megabyte (MB) is roughly 1 million bytes, or 8 million bits. A gigabyte (GB) is roughly 1 billion bytes, or 8 billion bits. Could you fit the human genome on a CD? a flash drive? a hard drive?

Algorithms and Programming Languages (Section A: 10/6; Section B: 10/5 )

Chapter 4 (Custom Book) review questions: 11, 15, 19, 20, 22.

Computer Science as a Discipline (Section A: 10/29; Section B: 10/28)

Chapter 5 (Custom Book) review questions: 11, 12, 17, 19, 20.

Data Representation (Section A: 11/24; Section B: 11/23)

Chapter 6 (Custom Book) review questions: 11, 12, 20, 21, 22.

Computers in Society (Section A: 12/8; Section B: 12/7)

Chapter 9 (Custom Book) review questions: 9, 10, 11, 12.