COM SCI M182 · CS M182Dynamic Biosystem Modeling and Simulation Methodology
Computer Science · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)
(Same as Bioengineering M182.) For undergraduate students in life, computational, engineering, and mathematical sciences. Active learning approach. Introduction to explicit modeling and simulation of dynamic biological systems. Basic methodology for transforming biology, biochemistry, and physiology into system diagrams, graphs, and mathematical expressions for studying their behavior. Structural models, formulated from basic conservation and mass action laws and feedback concepts, are further transformed into first-order differential equations, and implemented in simulation diagrams for quantifying and exploring biosystem properties. Examples show how to use these explicit models to gain clarity on nature of biosystem phenomena, and frame questions and explore new ideas for research.
Letter grading.
When it runs
Not on the schedule for any of Fall 2025 through Spring 2027. UCLA publishes only that window, so this does not mean the course is gone — check the official listing.
Requisites
Official UCLA wording
Requisites: Life Sciences 30A and 30B, or Mathematics 3A and 3B, or 31A and 31B. Recommended requisite or corequisite: Mathematics 3C, 32A, or 32T.
BruinTree reads · Prerequisite
needs reviewconfidence 0.75 · from text- all of
- · mixed comma-level AND/OR in "Life Sciences 30A and 30B, or Mathematics 3A and 3B, or 31A and 31B" — grouping is a best reading
BruinTree reads · Recommended
needs reviewconfidence 0.65 · from text- · "MATH 32T" is not in this catalog version
- · mixed comma-level AND/OR in "Mathematics 3C, 32A, or 32T" — grouping is a best reading
Requires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
COM SCI M182
- LIFESCI 30AMathematics for Life Scientists
- MATH 3ACalculus for Life Sciences Students
- MATH 1Precalculus
- LIFESCI 30BMathematics for Life Scientists
- MATH 3BCalculus for Life Sciences Students
- MATH 3COrdinary Differential Equations with Linear Algebra for Life Sciences Students
- MATH 31ADifferential and Integral Calculus
- MATH 31BIntegration and Infinite Series
- MATH 32ACalculus of Several Variables
8 direct requisites. The whole upstream is here — 15 courses over 2 levels. Every course here opens its own tree.
Unlocks
What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
COM SCI M182
- COM SCI CM187Research Communication in Computational and Systems Biology
- COM SCI CM287Research Communication in Computational and Systems Biology
- C&S BIO M187Research Communication in Computational and Systems Biology
3 courses list this as a requisite. The whole downstream is here — 3 courses over 1 level. Every course here opens its own tree.