COM SCI M184 · CS M184Introduction to Computational and Systems Biology
Computer Science · 2 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)
(Same as Bioengineering M184 and Computational and Systems Biology M184.) Survey course designed to introduce students to computational and systems modeling and computation in biology and medicine, providing motivation, flavor, culture, and cutting-edge contributions in computational biosciences and aiming for more informed basis for focused studies by students with computational and systems biology interests. Presentations by individual UCLA researchers discussing their active computational and systems biology research.
P/NP 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
Enforced requisites: one course from 31, Civil Engineering M20, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering M20, or Program in Computing 10A; and Life Sciences 30B or Mathematics 3B or 31B.
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Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
COM SCI M184
- COM SCI 31Introduction to Computer Science I
- C&EE M20Introduction to Computer Programming with MATLAB
- COMPTNG 10AIntroduction to Programming
- LIFESCI 30BMathematics for Life Scientists
- LIFESCI 30AMathematics for Life Scientists
- MATH 3BCalculus for Life Sciences Students
- MECH&AE M20Introduction to Computer Programming with MATLAB
- MATH 31BIntegration and Infinite Series
- MATH 31ADifferential and Integral Calculus
7 direct requisites. The whole upstream is here — 17 courses over 3 levels. Every course here opens its own tree.
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What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
No course in the catalog lists this as a requisite.