But you will acquire a deep knowledge of the capabilities of computers and how they can support mathematical work. The short answer is a big YES . Students come on the Engineering Mathematics programmes from a very wide variety of different backgrounds. The computing laboratory is the principal laboratory of the Engineering Mathematician. The emphasis is on computer use.
Some students come with no experience at all of computers or computer use.
Other students may have as much as ten years experience of computer use, and they may also own a Personal Computer. Computing instruction does not assume any prior knowledge, and the students rapidly converge to a common standard by gaining confidence and experience in supervised laboratories. Traditional Engineering Mathematics courses focus on Continuum Mechanics - the mathematics needed to model the behaviour of solids, liquids and gases. BUT in addition the programmes specialise in Information Engineering topics such as Artificial Intelligence, Knowledge Engineering and Operations Research. In the final year of the Engineering Mathematics programmes, students work in pairs or by themselves on a technical research project of their own.