You will be provided with material through an Electronic Distributed Learnign Environment (for example, Blackboard). The material will be presented via printable handouts; presentations and demonstrations. These will included worked examples, to illustrate how solutions to problems are developed. It is important that you keep up-to-date with the schedule and work through the tutorial exercises provided to ensure your understanding of the material. Support will be provided via a discussion group on Blackboard and email contact with the module tutors.

Blackboard

A Level Mathematics or equivalent.
Student must be enrolled on the RAF Foundation Degree.

Modern Engineering Mathematics, Glyn James, Prentice Hall, 2007, ISBN-10: 0132391449, ISBN-13: 978-0132391443
Engineering Mathematics, K A Stroud and Dexter J Booth, Palgrave, 2007, ISBN-10: 1403942463, ISBN-13: 978-1403942463
Engineering Mathematics Through Applications, Kuldeep Singh, Palgrave, 2003, ISBN-13: 0333922247, ISBN-13: 97800333922248

Note: A new version of the third text will be available May 2011

1. The coursework weighted at 30% will comprise a portfolio of work including written assignments and/or online tests (learning outcomes 1, 2 and 3).
2. A written test weighted at 70%, length 2 hours (learning outcomes 1, 2 and 3).

Basic mathematics (transposition of formulae, algebraic fractions, logarithms).
Complex numbers.
Introduction to matrices and solving linear equations (including complex coefficients).
Trigonometry (addition theorems, combining waveforms).
Basic probability (rules of probability, conditional probability, discrete distributions).
Basic calculus (theory of differentiation, derivatives of simple functions).
Advanced calculus (the theory of integrals, integrals as areas, numerical methods, partial differentiation, staionary points).