MATH 3A
Calculus 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.
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.
BruinTree reads · Preparation
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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.
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