ID1403 MATHEMATICAL AND COMPUTATIONAL METHODS OF SCIENCE I

Turing machines and artifical life, introduction to PERL programming, data structures and algorithms for Biology, searching gene banks, introduction to the Differential Calculus with emphasis on the physcial interpretation of the derivative, formulation of simple problems taken from Chemistry and Biology. (3hr.lec.) Prerequisite: Qualifying Placement Test Score or the Equivalent of MATH 1054.