Math 3C: General Course Outline
Catalog Description
    3C. Probability for Life Sciences Students. (4) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Requisite: course 3B with a grade of C- or better. Elementary probability, probability distributions, random variables, and limit theorems. P/NP or letter grading.

Textbook

    C. Neuhauser, Calculus for Biology and Medicine, 3rd Ed., Prentice Hall.
Reviews & Exams
    The following schedule, with textbook sections and topics, is based on 25 lectures. The remaining classroom meetings are for leeway, reviews and two midterm exams. These are scheduled by the individual instructor.
Schedule of Lectures

Lecture
Sections
Topics
1
12.1
Counting
2
12.2.1
Probability: Basic Definitions
3
12.2.2
Equally Likely Outcomes
4
12.3.1
Independence
5
12.3.2
Conditional Probability
6
12.3.3
The Law of Total Probability
7
12.3.4
The Bayes Formula
8
12.4.1
Discrete Distributions
9
12.4.2
Mean and Variance
10
12.4.2
Joint Distributions
11
12.4.3
Binomial Distribution
12
12.4.4
Multinomial Distribution
13
12.4.5
Geometric Distribution
14-15
12.4.6
Poisson Distribution
16
12.5.1
Density Functions
17-18
12.5.2
The Normal Distribution
19
12.5.3
The Uniform Distribution
20-21
12.5.4
The Exponential Distribution
22-23
12.6.1
The Law of Large Numbers
24-25
12.6.2
The Central Limit Theorem

Comments

Outline update: A. Brose, 4/08
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