Valid for: 2019/20
Decided by: PLED W
Date of Decision: 2019-04-01
Main field: Technology.
Elective Compulsory for: Pi3
Language of instruction: The course will be given in English on demand
The course aims to introduce common modelling and computational methods in biology.
Knowledge and understanding
For a passing grade the student must
Competences and skills
For a passing grade the student must
The course consists of various modelling projects and each one
of these is introduced in one to two preparatory lectures. The
introductory lectures are followed by a modelling exercise, in most
cases a computer exercise. The course focuses on biology topics
that are feasible to model within theoretical biology, for example
population genetics, population ecology and game theory. The
course also contains mathematical methods that are inspired by
biology, such as genetic algorithms, neural networks and cellular
automata.
The programming language that is used is MATLAB, meaning that some
knowledge of this software is useful.
Grading scale: UG - (U,G) - (Fail, Pass)
Assessment: The course has no written examination test. The grading is based on the quality of the hand-ins of the exercises.
The examiner, in consultation with Disability Support Services, may deviate from the regular form of examination in order to provide a permanently disabled student with a form of examination equivalent to that of a student without a disability.
Required prior knowledge: FMAF05 Systems and Transforms or equivalent.
The number of participants is limited to: No
The course overlaps following course/s: EXTG15, TEK290, EXTG10
Course coordinator: Anders.Brodin, Anders.Brodin@biol.lu.se
Course homepage: http://www.biologi.lu.se/utbildning/grund-och-avancerad-utbildning/kurser/kurser-grundniva/biologiska-kurser-pa-grundniva-for-teknologer
Further information: This course is an elective mandatory course in the third year of the engineering mathematics programme. The course runs in parallel with EXTG15 Biology, Introductory Course.
EXTG11 consists of the theoretical and computational parts of EXTG15 whereas the broad introduction to biology in EXTG15 is not included in the course.