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Quantitative Biology

College of Arts and Sciences

Department of Mathematical Sciences

Quantitative Biology Program

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MATHEMATICAL MODELING FOR THE LIFE SCIENCES

Biological systems have many interacting units at the level of molecules, cells, organs and organisms. These complicated systems may be understood through the construction, analysis and computational simulation of mathematical models. Such models exploit both theory and observation to provide new predictions of the behavior of complex biological systems. The UD Quantitative Biology Program equips students with crucial mathematical tools along with the requisite scientific knowledge necessary to apply them in the life sciences.

RELATED MAJORS

Applied Mathematics

Mathematics

AREAS OF STUDY

Cell Biology and Genetics
Mathematical Modelling
Computational Mathematics
Probability and Statistics
Cell and Molecular Biology
Ecology

CAREER OPTIONS

Pharmaceutical or Biomedical Research
Data Scientist
Doctor
Professor
Agricultural Research
Food and Drug Administration Scientist
Food Industry Scientist
Energy Researcher

GRADUATE PROGRAMS

Applied Mathematics
Biostatistics
Biomedical Engineering
Systems Biology
Medicine
Data Science
Bioinformatics
Pharmacology
Ecology

What’s special about this program?

We are one of the few universities to offer an undergraduate degree in Quantitative Biology. In our program, students acquire a sound knowledge of mathematics, biology and chemistry. These disciplines are unified in integrative seminars where complex biological systems are modeled and studied using computer simulations. The curriculum culminates in a project based, research-intensive capstone course.

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Undergraduate Research

Honors Program

Math Club

Mathematical Contest in Modelling

Sample curriculum

FRESHMAN

BISC207	Introduction to Biology I
BISC208	Introduction to Biology II
CHEM103	General Chemistry II
CHEM104	General Chemistry II
ENGL110	Seminar in Composition
MATH210	Discrete Math I
MATH241	Analytic Geometry and Calculus A
MATH242	Analytic Geometry and Calculus B
UNIV101	First Year Experience
	College Breadth Course

SOPHOMORE

CHEM321	Organic Chemistry I
CHEM322	Organic Chemistry II
CISC106	Computer Science
MATH243	Analytic Geometry & Calculus C
MATH260	Integrative Seminar
MATH302	Differential Equations
MATH349	Linear Algebra
	BISC Core Courses
	College Breadth Course

JUNIOR

CHEM527	Introduction to Biochemistry
BISC312	Field Ecology
MATH350	Probability and Simulation
MATH426	Numerical Computing
MATH450	Mathematical Statistics
MATH535	Partial Differential Equations
PHYS207	Physics I
PHYS208	Physics II
	Integrated Elective Courses
MATH426	Computational Math
	College Breadth Course