MAS305: Environmental and Biological Modelling

This unit will examine in detail mathematical models of population ecology, biochemical kinetics, physiological problems, blood flow and spatial characteristics of the spread of pollutants and of disease as well as applications in groundwater flow and marine science (including ideas from basic oceanography). Mathematical techniques covered may include regular and singular perturbation theory, conservation laws and dimensional analysis, complex variables and partial differential equations. Numerical analysis will be incorporated throughout the unit as it is required.

Points	4
Enrolment Options	Murdoch: S1-internal, S1-external
Contact Time	Lectures: 3 hours per week; tutorials/computer laboratories: 1 hour per week.
Prerequisites	A208/MAS208 Mathematical Modelling or M261/MAS261 Mathematical Methods. Co-requisite: Internet access if studying externally.
Exclusions	Students may not enrol in this unit and any of MAS164 Fundamentals of Mathematics, MAS161 Calculus and Matrix Algebra or MAS182 Applied Mathematics concurrently.
School	School of Chemical and Mathematical Sciences
Unit Coordinator	Associate Professor Graeme Hocking Position: Associate Professor E-mail: G.Hocking@murdoch.edu.au Location: Murdoch Campus Science and Computing Room 3.023 Phone: Prefix: +618 9360 2826
Unit Contacts	Contact Phone Prefix: +618 Location Explanation of Location Codes Teaching Period(s) Associate Professor Graeme Hocking Associate Professor (G.Hocking@murdoch.edu.au) 9360 2826 Murdoch Campus Science and Computing Room 3.023 MURDOCH S1: Internal (15/02/2010 - 11/06/2010)   MURDOCH S1: External (15/02/2010 - 11/06/2010)

Check the Teaching Timetable Search for a Booklist for MAS305 View Reserve and ECMS resources for MAS305 View further details in the Handbook

Key to Offshore Campus Location abbreviations: APMISIN Asia Pacific Management Institute (Singapore) CEJTOKYO Chiropractic Education Japan (Tokyo) JKURASHIKI NET Corporation (Kurashiki, Japan) KDUPG KDU College (Penang, Malaysia) KDUPJ KDU College (Petaling Jaya, Malaysia) SGP-REPOLY Republic Polytechnic (Singapore) SMANUFED Singapore Manufacturing Federation ZHENGZHOU Zhengzhou University (China)