MATH 1106: Modeling with Calculus for the Life Sciences

Provides applied single-variable calculus tailored for life science, agricultural, and social science students. Covers limits, derivatives, optimization, curve sketching, integral calculus, and differential equations applied to biological population models and physical growth curves.

• Limits and continuity: formal epsilon-delta definitions, one-sided limits, and indeterminate forms via L'Hôpital's Rule in MATH 1106
• Differential calculus techniques: product, quotient, chain rules, and implicit differentiation
• Applications of derivatives: critical points, extreme value theorem, concavity, inflection points, and curve sketching
• Applied optimization and related rates: geometric rate modeling, profit maximization, and Mean Value Theorem in Modeling with Calculus for the Life Sciences