Get familiar with the course structure and jargon of Computational/Mathematical Biology.
Understand the rationale of modelling in Biology - what, why and how.
Brush up mathematical tools and biological concepts.
CHAPTER 1: Mathematical Modeling in Biology from A Biologist's Guide to Mathematical Modeling in Ecology and Evolution by Sarah Otto and Troy Day
Modelling philosophy from Modelling for Field Biologists and Other Interesting People by Hanna Kokko