Call Number: 40400 MWF: 2-3 Room: 118 DH (3hrs/Under.; 4hrs/Grad.)
Instructor: Charles Tier, Office: 720 SEO Hours: TBA Phone: 996-2442, e-mail: tier@math.uic.edu
The purpose of the course will be to illustrate the growing interaction between mathematics and the biological sciences. Mathematical models of biological and biomedical systems will be developed and studied. Problems will be selected from conservation biology, cancer therapy, epidemiology, drug treatment, and neuroscience. Additional topics will be chosen from the areas of interest of the students.
Problems will be studied in depth and mathematical methods will be used to obtain quantitative information about the system. Mathematical ideas, such as matrices, probability, and difference and differential equations, will be introduced as needed in the context of the specific models. Computer modeling, using the computer algebra system Maple, will be used to assist in the analysis of the models.
Prerequisites: Math 180 - Calculus or consent of instructor.
(Knowledge of differentiation and integration is required.)