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MATH 141BCalculus and Biology II

4 credits · Mathematics · Penn State

Techniques of integration and applications to biology; elementary matrix theory, limits of matrices, Markov chains, applications to biology and the natural sciences; elementary and separable differential equations, linear rst-order differential equations, linear systems of differential equations, the Lotka-Volterra equations. Students may take only one course for credit from MATH 141 , 141B , and 141H .

Before you enroll

Prerequisites

From the catalog: “MATH 140 or MATH 140A or MATH 140B or MATH 140E or MATH 140G or MATH 140H .”

Counts toward

General education

Quantification (GQ)

Where it fits

Where it sits in degree plans

Suggested plans most often put it in Year 1 · Spring (4 programs).

One of the options in (2)

  • Plant Sciences, B.S.
  • Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, B.S.
What it opens up

Courses that list MATH 141B as a prerequisite (17)

  • BIOL 428 Population Genetics
  • BIOL 465 Network analysis of biological systems
  • BMB 428 Physical Chemistry with Biological Applications
  • CMPSC 200 Programming for Engineers with MATLAB
  • EMCH 212 Dynamics
  • EMCH 212H Dynamics
  • ESC 433 Engineering Science Research Laboratory Experience
  • MATH 230 Calculus and Vector Analysis
  • MATH 230H Honors Calculus and Vector Analysis
  • MATH 231 Calculus of Several Variables
  • MATH 250 Ordinary Differential Equations
  • MATH 251 Ordinary and Partial Differential Equations
  • MATH 251H Honors Ordinary and Partial Differential Equations
  • MATH 311W Concepts of Discrete Mathematics
  • MATH 312 Concepts of Real Analysis
  • MATH 312H Honors Concepts of Real Analysis
  • PHYS 465 Network analysis of biological systems