1. A suite of tests on the basic material including a final test weighted at 50%. The tests will be weighted at 70% of the module and cover learning outcomes 1, 2 and 3.

2. One assignment using a mathematical package. (Two workshets, 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 and 3.

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

The material will be introduced through lectures (2 hours per week) in groups of no more than 20 students, examples classes, tutorials and practicals (2 hours per week), 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

Access to MAPLE on standard University computers.

None.

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).