Population Biology. 3 credits, 3 contact hours

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Prerequisite: MATH 222 with a grade of C or better. Introduction to the mathematics of populations: Malthus' model of geometric population growth, Euler's renewal equations, age structure in human populations, predator satiation, chaos, mathematical models of inheritance, and the theory of epidemics. The ability to weave back and forth between physical concepts and mathematical notation is emphasized as well as the relationships between random and non-random models of similar phenomena.