Minor in Biomathematics:

The department has a close working relationship with the Department of Biological Sciences in education and research and offers a minor in biomathematics. This minor consists of 30 credits from the following core courses plus, an additional 6 credit hours from electives listed below. Two of the core courses cannot be used to satisfy the requirements of any other major and none of the electives can be used to satisfy the requirements of any other major. At least 3 of the elective credits must be from the MATH courses on the list. The Undergraduate Program Director may approve alternative courses in justified individual situations upon petition by the student.

Core Courses

• BIOL 141 Foundations of Biology: Cells, Energy and Organisms   
• BIOL 142 Foundations of Biology: Ecology and Evolution   
• BIOL 302 Molecular and General Genetics 
• STAT 350 Statistics with Applications in the Biological Sciences   OR
• STAT 355 Introduction to Probability and Statistics for Scientists and Engineers   
• MATH 151 Calculus and Analytic Geometry I  
• MATH 152 Calculus and Analytic Geometry II  
• MATH 221 Introduction to Linear Algebra  
• MATH 355 Biomathematics  

Electives

• MATH 385 Intro to Mathematical Modeling  
• MATH 426 Introduction to Math Software Packages: MATLAB  
• MATH 447 Introduction to Parallel Computing  
• MATH 469 Mathematical Physiology  
• STAT 414 Environmental Statistics  
• STAT 419 Introduction to Biostatistics  
• STAT 432 Statistical Computer Packages and Their Applications: SAS and R  
• STAT 454 (3.00) Applied Statistics  

A majority of courses offered toward the minor must be completed in residence at UMBC. A grade of “C” or better must be earned in all courses and prerequisites applied toward the minor. A course taken on a P/F basis will not count toward the minor.