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Students selected to participate in this program are required to take the following courses in addition to other courses specified for their majors:
(a) MATH 430 & MATH433 Mathematical Modeling for Biological Sciences I & II (6 credit hours): These courses are designed for biologists, biology and mathematics students and other science students with interest in math or biology who have an interest in mathematical modeling, but who have a limited background in mathematics. The purpose is to assist the student in understanding how biological concepts are formulated in mathematical terms and how these formulations can be used in biological research. Topics that will be covered in these courses include linear algebra, calculus, ordinary and partial differential equations, difference equations, and multivariable integration. The mathematics treated here is soft enough to interest anybody who might be afraid of doing math.
(b) Bio 423 & Biol 423 Ecology and Lab. (4 credit hours) or Bio 318 & Biol 318 Genetics and Lab (4 credit hours): These courses are already being offered as electives to students majoring in Biology and now will be taken as electives by mathematics students in the program.
(c) Bio 202 Biostatistics (3 credit hours): This course is also already in existence and,
is currently being offered as an elective to students in the department of biology.
(d) Bio 492 Introduction to Fish Population Dynamics and Stock Assessment (4 credit hours): This course has been offered to students selected from various disciplines, particularly biology and mathematics/computer science, as a five-week intensive course during the summer at JSU for the past three years. Topics covered in the course include: methods for estimation of fish abundance, population growth and mortality rates, stock identification and dynamics, and stock-recruitment relationships. Other topics are fish production models, catch at age analysis, and the problems in fisheries management.
Effective academic year 2009-2010, Students
must select one of the following degree options curriculum:
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