MATH 3COrdinary Differential Equations with Linear Algebra for Life Sciences Students
Mathematics · 4 units · Undergraduate lower division (0-99)
Multivariable modeling, matrices and vectors, eigenvalues and eigenvectors, linear and nonlinear systems of differential equations, probabilistic applications of integration.
P/NP or letter grading.
When it runs
- Spring 2026
- Spring 2027
Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.
Requisites
Official UCLA wording
Requisite: course 3B with grade of C– or better.
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