MAT 17A - Calculus for Biology and Medicine

Institution

University of California, Davis

Requirement

Fundamental Math

Link

More info on the University of California, Davis web site

Approval Status

Approved

Date Reviewed

October 2010
17A. Calculus for Biology and Medicine (4) Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: two years of high school algebra, plane geometry, plane trigonometry, and analytical geometry, and satisfying the Mathematics Placement Requirement. Introduction to differential calculus via applications in biology and medicine. Limits, derivatives of polynomials, trigonometric, and exponential functions, graphing, applications of the derivative to biology and medicine. Not open for credit to students who have completed course 16B, 16C, 21A, 21B, or 21C. Only 2 units of credit to students who have completed course 16A. GE credit: SciEng.—I, II, III. (I, II, III.)