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Why Biology Students Have to Learn Calculus

Have you ever found yourself sitting through required college courses, thinking, “I’m a [major] Major, dangit, so why am I sitting through this [seemingly unrelated] class! I’ll never use this [actually valuable] information later!” As a major in a biological science, I heard a lot of fellow bio majors gripe about the calculus requirement. (I happen to love math, so…