|Unit level:||Level 1|
|Teaching period(s):||Semester 1|
|Offered by||School of Mathematics|
|Available as a free choice unit?:||N
The course unit aims to: provide a basic course in calculus and algebra to students in the Foundation Year with no post-GCSE mathematics.
On completion of this unit successful students will be able to:
Knowledge and understanding: Be familiar with simple algebra, functions, geometry and basic differentiation.
Intellectual skills: Be able to carry out routine operations involving the topics in the syllabus
Transferable skills and personal qualities: Have a set of tools and methods that can be applied in the courses given in the host department or in subsequent years.
- Other - 25%
- Written exam - 75%
Assessment Further Information
Coursework 1 (week 5); Weighting within unit 7.5%
Coursework 2 (week 10); Weighting within unit 7.5%
Computer assignments; Weighting within unit 10%
2 hours end of semester 1 examination; Weighting within unit 75%
3 lectures : Revision of numbers, arithmetic operations, brackets, algebraic manipulation
3 lectures : Powers, roots, the exponential and logarithmic functions
2 lectures : Solving simple equations, including quadratics
2 lectures : Right-angled trigonometry. trigonometric identities
3 lectures : The standard functions, circular measure and the trigonometric functions
4 lectures : Simple coordinate geometry, straight lines, circles, points of intersection, slopes
3 lectures : Differentiation, derivatives of the standard functions, products, quotients, and 'function of a function'
2 lectures : Maxima and minima, simple graph sketching
CROFT, A & DAVISON, R. 2010. Foundation Maths (5th ed.) Pearson Education, Harlow. (ISBN9780273730767)
BOOTH, D. 1998. Foundation Mathematics (3rd ed.). Addison-Wesley, Harlow. (ISBN0201342944)
BOSTOCK, L., & CHANDLER, S. 1994. Core Maths for A-level (2nd ed.). Thornes, Cheltenham. (ISBN9780748717798)
- Lectures - 24 hours
- Tutorials - 12 hours
- Independent study hours - 64 hours