diff --git a/source/syllabus/syllabus.ptx b/source/syllabus/syllabus.ptx
index ddf3056..4584d1e 100644
--- a/source/syllabus/syllabus.ptx
+++ b/source/syllabus/syllabus.ptx
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
         <title>Course Goals</title>
 
         <p>
-          To help prepare students learn basic concepts, techniques, and applications of ordinary differential equations.
+          To introduce some of the basic concepts and techniques of probability and statistics, as applied in the Life and Environmental Sciences.
         </p>
       </li>