LIFESCI M32

Essential Calculus for Mathematical Biologists

Life Sciences · 4 units · Undergraduate lower division (0-99)

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(Same as Computational and Systems Biology M32 and Mathematics M32T.) Not open to students with credit for Mathematics 31A, 31B, 32A, or 32B. Designed for life sciences students. Methods and results of single and multivariable calculus essential for quantitative training in biology. Limits, differentiation (single and several variables), optimization, integration and methods of integration, Taylor polynomials and applications to approximation, Taylor and other power series, vector valued functions, gradients, and Lagrange multipliers.

P/NP or letter grading.

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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.

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Requisites: courses 30A, 30B.

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LIFESCI M32

LIFESCI 30AMathematics for Life Scientists
LIFESCI 30BMathematics for Life Scientists
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