EE BIOL 133Elements of Theoretical and Computational Biology
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)
Strongly recommended: elementary statistics course. Introduction of basic core mathematical ideas and models necessary to understand contemporary ecology and evolutionary biology. Population ecology and growth, community ecology, population genetics, natural selection.
P/NP or 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 1, 2, 3, 4, 23L, and Mathematics 3A, 3B, and 3C, or 31A and 31B, or Life Sciences 30B.
BruinTree reads · Prerequisite
needs reviewconfidence 0.45 · from text- · "LIFESCI 1" is not in this catalog version
- · "LIFESCI 2" is not in this catalog version
- · "LIFESCI 3" is not in this catalog version
- · "LIFESCI 4" is not in this catalog version
- · "LIFESCI 23L" is not in this catalog version
- · mixed comma-level AND/OR in "Life Sciences 1, 2, 3, 4, 23L, and Mathematics 3A, 3B, and 3C, or 31A and 31B, or Life Sciences 30B" — grouping is a best reading
Requires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
EE BIOL 133
- LIFESCI 30BMathematics for Life Scientists
- LIFESCI 30AMathematics for Life Scientists
- MATH 3ACalculus for Life Sciences Students
- MATH 1Precalculus
- 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
6 direct requisites. The whole upstream is here — 12 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.
No course in the catalog lists this as a requisite.