Module Descriptors
MATHEMATICS SOFTWARE WITH APPLICATIONS
MATH50222
Key Facts
Faculty of Computing, Engineering and Sciences
Level 5
15 credits
Contact
Leader: Martin Paisley
Email: M.F.Paisley@staffs.ac.uk
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 36
Independent Study Hours: 114
Total Learning Hours: 150
Assessment
- ASSIGNMENT weighted at 50%
- CLASS-TEST weighted at 50%
Module Details
Module Texts
A Guide to MAPLE, Ernie Kamerich, 1996, Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG, ISBN: 0-387-94116-9
Module Special Admissions Requirements
Prior study of CE61002-1 Mathematics and Statistics for Computing Students or equivalent.
Module Resources
MAPLE and a spreadsheet such as EXCEL.
In addition, students must possess a suitable calculator of their own with trigonometric and logarithmic functions.
In addition, students must possess a suitable calculator of their own with trigonometric and logarithmic functions.
Module Learning Strategies
Class contact will be three hours per week.
This will be flexibly allocated to support the problem solving and application Learning Outcomes of this module.
The weekly class contact will be split as follows:
One hour lecture
One hour computer laboratory
One hour tutorial.
THIS MODULE WILL NORMALLY RUN IN SEMESTER 1
This will be flexibly allocated to support the problem solving and application Learning Outcomes of this module.
The weekly class contact will be split as follows:
One hour lecture
One hour computer laboratory
One hour tutorial.
THIS MODULE WILL NORMALLY RUN IN SEMESTER 1
Module Indicative Content
Fractal simulations. Queuing simulations. Coding and compression.
Symbolic and Numerical Differentiation (including its finite differences form for discrete functions).
Symbolic and Numerical Integration (including its summation form for discrete functions).
2 and 3 D Geometric Modelling: Conics and Quadrics in Cartesian and Parametric Forms. Line-line intersection, line-plane intersection.
Differentiation applied to geometry modelling. Splines.
Symbolic and Numerical Differentiation (including its finite differences form for discrete functions).
Symbolic and Numerical Integration (including its summation form for discrete functions).
2 and 3 D Geometric Modelling: Conics and Quadrics in Cartesian and Parametric Forms. Line-line intersection, line-plane intersection.
Differentiation applied to geometry modelling. Splines.
Module Additional Assessment Details
1. An assignment weighted 50%
2. A class test (1.5 hours) weighted at 50%.