Mathematics and Biology

Catalog description

Intended primarily for students in the life sciences or prehealth with interest and ability in mathematics. Topics of medical importance using mathematics as a tool, including control of the heart, optimal principles in the lung, cell membranes, electrophysiology, countercurrent exchange in the kidney, acid-base balance, muscle, cardiac catheterization, and computer diagnosis. Material from the physical sciences is introduced as needed and developed within the course.