MATH 3ACalculus for Life Sciences Students
Mathematics · 4 units · Undergraduate lower division (0-99)
Not open for credit to students with credit in another calculus sequence. Modeling with functions, limits, and derivatives, decisions and optimization in biology, derivative rules and tools.
P/NP or letter grading.
When it runs
- Fall 2025
- Fall 2026
Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.
Requisites
Official UCLA wording
Preparation: three and one half years of high school mathematics (including trigonometry). Enforced requisite: successful completion of Mathematics Diagnostic Test (score of 48 or better) or course 1 with grade of C– or better.
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BruinTree reads · Prerequisite
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- successful completion of Mathematics Diagnostic Test (score of 48 or better)
- MATH 1
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Requires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
MATH 3A
- MATH 1Precalculus
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.
MATH 3A11 more beyond
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- A&O SCI 102Climate Change and Climate Modeling
- MATH 42Introduction to Data-Driven Mathematical Modeling: Life, Universe, and Everything1 more beyond
- MATH 33AHLinear Algebra and Applications (Honors)
- CHEM 151Machine Learning for Chemistry
- C&EE M287Travel Behavior Analysis
- URBN PL M253Travel Behavior Analysis
- A&O SCI 112Climate Change Assessment
- A&O SCI 121Climate Mitigation Solutions
- A&O SCI 90Introduction to Undergraduate Research in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
- BIOENGR M182Dynamic Biosystem Modeling and Simulation Methodology
- BIOENGR CM187Research Communication in Computational and Systems Biology
- BIOENGR CM287Research Communication in Computational and Systems Biology
- C&S BIO 100Data Science and Statistics for Life Scientists
- EE BIOL C146Conservation Genomics
- PHYSCI 167Physiology of Nutrition
- PHYSICS C186Neurophysics: Brain-Mind Problem
- A&O SCI 104Fundamentals of Air and Water Pollution
- EE BIOL 148Biology of Marine Plants
- EPS SCI CM173Earth Process and Evolutionary History
- PHYSICS C286Neurophysics: Brain-Mind Problem
- CHEM 14BEGeneral Chemistry for Life Scientists II—Enhanced
- COM SCI M182Dynamic Biosystem Modeling and Simulation Methodology
- C&S BIO M187Research Communication in Computational and Systems Biology
- COM SCI CM187Research Communication in Computational and Systems Biology
- COM SCI CM287Research Communication in Computational and Systems Biology
- EE BIOL 120Evolution
- EE BIOL 113AHerpetology
- EE BIOL 113ALHerpetology Laboratory
- EE BIOL 184Evolution, Development, and Disease
- ENV HLT 261Chemical Behavior of Aquatic Systems
- ENVIRON 157Energy, Environment, and Development
- EPS SCI 136AApplied Geophysics
- EPS SCI 136BApplied Geophysics
- EPS SCI 136CField Geophysics
- HLT POL M203AMicroeconomic Analysis for Public Health and Policy
- HLT POL M203BMicroeconomic Analysis for Public Health and Policy
- MCD BIO M130Fundamentals of Digital Imaging and Image Processing
- NEURO C251Computational Neuroscience for Interdisciplinary Scientists
- NEUROSC C151Computational Neuroscience for Interdisciplinary Scientists
- NURSING 51Medical Microbiology for Nursing Students
31 courses list this as a requisite. Showing 60 courses over 3 levels; the branches marked with a count carry on past it. Every course here opens its own tree.