Math 34A Course Description

This is a general description of the nature of the course; consult your instructor for specifics.

Math 34A is the first course of a two quarter sequence in calculus for Social and Life sciences. It is an introduction to differential and integral calculus with applications to modeling in the biological sciences.

Study resources can be found here: https://gauchospace.ucsb.edu/courses/course/view.php?id=2467

Free online resources (e.g. videos) can be found at the Online Math Lab: https://math.ucsb.edu/oml/


Topics

  1. Review of the Basics
  2. Word Problems
  3. Logarithms and Exponentials
  4. Lines and Proportionality
  5. Derivatives and Applications