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This paper introduces a course design for a post-Calculus undergraduate course on mathematical modeling for the life sciences. The course includes differential equations, discrete, and cellular automata approaches (among others) to modeling questions in the life sciences, as well as a variety of biological topics. The course focuses on model set-up and revision for these different scenarios and approaches as well as contemporary science approaches. Changes in student ranking of biology and math as well as student feedback are included. This paper may be of interest to any faculty member designing or revising a similar course or inserting modules on these topics into any related course.

In this editorial introduction to the Special Issue on Mathematics and the Arts in the Undergraduate Classroom, we explore how the explosion of interest in connections between math and the arts over the past several years has moved into the classroom. We describe papers in this special issue that report on a range of classroom experiences combining math and the arts in ways that enhance student learning and expand student appreciation of both mathematical and artistic ways of thinking. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]