There are no prerequisite courses for ESRP 550.
The course is open to ALL students at WSU; it's a systems course,
so students from all fields will benefit.
The course meets the "quantitative skills" requirement for students
earning the MS in Environmental Science.
ESRP 550 is required for IGERT students in the NSPIRE PhD program.
(NSPIRE stands for Nitrogen Systems: Policy-oriented
Integrated Research and Education.)
I assume you have learned introductory algebra and that you have learned
how to combine units of measurement.
It is useful to refresh your memory here, and Appendices A & B in the
book will help your review.
You do not need to know calculus or differential equations for
ESRP 550.
We won't use these classical techniques to build models.
We will make more progress by building the models on the computer using
stock and flow building blocks.
The computer will then find the dynamic behavior through numerical simulation.
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