Mathematics for Life Scientists
Lecture, three hours; laboratory, two hours. Preparation: three years of high school mathematics (to algebra II), some basic familiarity with computers. Mathematical modeling as tool for understanding dynamics of biological systems. Fundamental concepts of single-variable calculus and development of single- and multi-variable differential equation models of dynamical processes in ecology, physiology, and other subjects in which quantities change with time. Use of free computer program Sage for problem solving, plotting, and dynamical simulation in laboratory. Letter grading.
Review Summary
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10.0 / 10
- Organization
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8.3 / 10
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10-15 hrs/week
- Overall
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10.0 / 10
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Jukka is very nice and accommodating and his lectures are very thorough. Highly recommend.
Jukka is an amazing professor, 10/10 would recommend. He makes the class super fun!
SUppppeerrr easyyyy. There are multiple parts to a test: 1)Study Guide 2)Individual 3)Group. All of which counts toward your final grade and it helps ALOT.
Jukka was honestly an okay teacher, there are way worse out there.
Be prepared to pay attention though because the material can get really confusing really quick
Jukka is very organized and the content of the class is very simple if you keep up with it promptly and engage in lectures!
His lectures were great.
Professor Keranen was a great lecturer and he was very funny. His class was very engaging and super easy. A lot of it was just modeling and the labs are just coding with Sagemath
He would review topics from previous lectures before he started a new lecture each time, which was very helpful.
The class was fairly easy and professor Jukka was very nice and always answered everyone's questions. I got an A and it was the grade I had expected.
Jukka was very understanding throughout the entire course!
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Grading Information
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Has a group project
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Attendance not required
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1 midterm
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Finals week final
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64% recommend the textbook
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