MATH406-14S2 (C) Semester Two 2014

Mathematical Models in Biology

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 14 July 2014
End Date: Sunday, 16 November 2014
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Friday, 25 July 2014
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Friday, 10 October 2014

Description

Mathematical Models in Biology

How did the leopard get its spots? Why should children be vaccinated against measles? This course will try to answer these (and other) questions by using mathematical models to examine biological phenomena.

Some knowledge of dynamical systems and a familiarity with Maple (or MATLAB) are useful pre-requisites to this course.


For a full list of 2014 Honours courses, please refer to the Department of Mathematics and Statistics Honours Booklet Mathematics and Statistics Honours Booklet

Prerequisites

Subject to approval of the Head of School.

Course Coordinator

Alex James

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $853.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Mathematics and Statistics .

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