LIFESCI 30B

Mathematics for Life Scientists

Life Sciences · 5 units · Undergraduate lower division (0-99)

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Introduction to concept of matrices and linear transformations to equip students with some basic tools to understand dynamics of multivariable nonlinear systems. Examples from ecological, physiological, chemical, and other systems.

Letter grading.

When it runs

Winter 2026
Spring 2026
Summer 2026
Winter 2027
Spring 2027

Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.

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Requisites

Official UCLA wording
Enforced requisite: course 30A.

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LIFESCI 30A

Requires

Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.

LIFESCI 30B

LIFESCI 30AMathematics for Life Scientists

1 direct requisite. The whole upstream is here — 1 course over 1 level. Every course here opens its own tree.

Unlocks

What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.

LIFESCI 30B18 more beyond

LIFESCI M32Essential Calculus for Mathematical Biologists
LIFESCI 192FUndergraduate Practicum in Life Sciences
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