The material will be introduced through lectures (2 hours per week (1:n)2), examples classes, tutorials and practicals (2 hours per week (1:20)2), together with supplementary MAPLE material to be accessed via the web. Two lectures, one example class and one tutorial each week.

THIS MODULE WILL NORMALLY RUN IN SEMESTER 1

1. A suite of tests on the basic material. This will be weighted 70% of the module and cover the learning outcomes 1,2,3.
2. One assignment using a mathematical package. (Two worksheets one being a self learning worksheet on a mathematical topic and the other covering data analysis). This will be weighted 30 % and cover the learning outcomes 1,2,3.

None.

Access to MAPLE on standard University computers.

Basic mathematics (transposition of formulae; brackets;factorization; indices; algebraic fractions; logarithms).
Number systems( bases and complex numbers).
Quadratic and other non-linear equations (Newton's method for non-linear equations ;function notation).
Introduction to matrices and solving linear equations (including complex coefficients).
Trigonometry (triangle theory; circular functions; addition theorems).
Introduction to an algebraic mathematical software package such as MAPLE.
Basic probability ( the rules of probability; conditional probability; discrete distributions).
Basic statistics (mean and standard deviation; study skills techniques such as spreadsheets and data representation).
Basic calculus ( Theory of differentiation; derivatives of simple functions) .

Foundation mathematics for Engineers, Berry J and Wainwright P, Macmillan London (1991), 0333527178
Modern Engineering Mathematics, Glyn James, Pearson Education (2001), 0210180545
Engineering Mathematics, K A Stroud and J Booth Dexter, Palgrave (2001), 0333919394