Module Descriptors
TECHNIQUES FOR APPLIED MATHEMATICS
MATH60302
Key Facts
Faculty of Computing, Engineering and Sciences
Level 6
15 credits
Contact
Leader: Martin Paisley
Email: M.F.Paisley@staffs.ac.uk
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 30
Independent Study Hours: 120
Total Learning Hours: 150
Assessment
  • COURSEWORK weighted at 100%
Module Details
Module Learning Strategies
The material will be introduced over 24 hours consisting of 12 hours lectures and 18 hours tutorial/practical. This will be delivered as 1 lecture per week with one tutorial per week and a practical on alternative weeks over the semester.
Module Additional Assessment Details
A Coursework weighted at 100% comprising an assignment using a mathematical package weighted at 50% assessing learning outcomes 1,2 and 3
and a test weighted at 50% assessing learning outcomes 1 and 2 of duration 1.5 hours
Module Texts
Mathematical Techniques, D.W.Jordan & P. Smith, OUP Oxford; 4 edition (2008), ISBN-10: 0199282013 ISBN-13: 978-0199282012
Advanced Engineering Mathematics, E.Kreyszig, John Wiley & Sons; 10th Edition (2011), ISBN-10: 0470646136 ISBN-13: 978-0470646137
Module Resources
Access to Maple on standard University computers.
Module Special Admissions Requirements
Prior Study of
CE61018-4 Applied Mathematical Techniques
CE62032-5 Mathematical Modelling
or equivalent
Module Indicative Content
Fourier Transforms and their applications including Discrete Fourier Transforms and Fast Fourier Transforms.

Coordinate systems including cylindrical and spherical polar coordinates

Topics in advanced calculus e.g. line integrals, double integrals, scalar and vector field, div, grad, curl and associated theorems, change of coordinates.