title: BioMaPS: a roadmap for success.
abstract: The manuscript outlines the impact that our National Science Foundation Interdisciplinary Training for Undergraduates in Biological and Mathematical Sciences program, BioMaPS, has had on the students and faculty at Murray State University. This interdisciplinary program teams mathematics and biology undergraduate students with mathematics and biology faculty and has produced research insights and curriculum developments at the intersection of these two disciplines. The goals, structure, achievements, and curriculum initiatives are described in relation to the effects they have had to enhance the study of biomathematics.
authors.affiliation: Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Murray State University, Murray, KY 42071-3341, USA. maeve.mccarthy@murraystate.edu
authors.forename: Maeve L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: McCarthy
authors.forename: K Renee
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Fister
mesh_terms: D000124:Achievement; D001695:Biology / Q000193:education*; D003479:Curriculum; D004493:Education / Q000379:methods*; D006040:Goals; D008433:Mathematics / Q000193:education*; D013334:Students
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