Timeline for How is calculus helpful for biology majors?
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| Apr 15, 2018 at 14:17 | comment | added | guest | If you want to be very practical (advised), I would look at future classes kids take in the bio major and see if any of them need calc (and why/where). [It will have more traction to say, you need calculus for titrations or dwell times or the like (made up examples...I really don't think ug bio needs calculus much) than if you mention some research need outside the near term needs of the student. You could also mention several nearby medical colleges (research it on their websites) and if they require calculus (most do, but the MCAT does not test it.) | |
| Apr 15, 2018 at 14:10 | comment | added | guest | To drive insight, I would not just ask "in what instances is it helpful" but do some more analysis: comparing role of calculus in bio with other majors like physics, mechE, etc. (relative comparisons give insight). Another relative comparison is freshman chem versus freshman calc to bio. You can even combine the two (importance of freshman chem v calc for physics b bio. [The point is that there is not infinite time to learn things and finding a couple examples of use is not a justification for a concentration of effort. I mean, LATIN has SOME use...but I would not defend time spent on it.] | |
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| Dec 6, 2016 at 20:08 | answer | added | Samuel Blank | timeline score: 4 | |
| May 15, 2016 at 14:33 | vote | accept | Jim Belk | ||
| Jan 12, 2015 at 0:41 | answer | added | dustin | timeline score: 5 | |
| Jul 15, 2014 at 6:59 | answer | added | Thoth19 | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jul 14, 2014 at 16:06 | answer | added | Tom Au | timeline score: 4 | |
| May 6, 2014 at 0:46 | comment | added | WetlabStudent | May I suggest taking a look at amazon.com/Dynamic-Models-Biology-Stephen-Ellner/dp/0691125899. Mostly the use of calculus helps students with dynamic modeling (what the book is about) and statistical modeling. You really need to know the basic concepts of calculus to understand statistics at the level of truly thinking about your data critically and not just applying tests haphazardly (you don't need to know how to do the calculations, but you need to know enough calculus to tell the stats software what to calculate for you). | |
| May 5, 2014 at 2:15 | answer | added | user507 | timeline score: 3 | |
| May 3, 2014 at 7:42 | answer | added | user1361 | timeline score: 6 | |
| May 2, 2014 at 13:48 | answer | added | larsonmattr | timeline score: 4 | |
| May 1, 2014 at 2:44 | answer | added | Martin Leslie | timeline score: 7 | |
| Apr 30, 2014 at 21:12 | answer | added | Benoît Kloeckner | timeline score: 22 | |
| Apr 30, 2014 at 18:32 | answer | added | Craig | timeline score: -2 | |
| Apr 30, 2014 at 11:04 | answer | added | user1320 | timeline score: 5 | |
| Apr 30, 2014 at 5:48 | comment | added | J W | @MichaelE2: There's also Lior Pachter's math.berkeley.edu/~lpachter/courses/Math10a and math.berkeley.edu/~lpachter/courses/Math10b. | |
| Apr 30, 2014 at 0:02 | answer | added | jonsca | timeline score: 8 | |
| Apr 29, 2014 at 21:27 | answer | added | Adrienne | timeline score: 43 | |
| Apr 29, 2014 at 20:19 | answer | added | András Bátkai | timeline score: 15 | |
| Apr 29, 2014 at 19:46 | answer | added | user173 | timeline score: 16 | |
| Apr 29, 2014 at 19:30 | answer | added | vonbrand | timeline score: 5 | |
| Apr 29, 2014 at 18:51 | history | asked | Jim Belk | CC BY-SA 3.0 |