The module is offered in Semester-I so that second year students will have had opportunity to develop all the mathematical skills required for core physics modules that occur in the second semester of the second year. Emphasis is placed on the use of mathematical techniques rather than their rigorous proof. Transferable Skills Facility with mathematicaly formed problems and their solution. Students are required to work to weekly deadlines for the completion of homework and must therefore develop appropriate coping strategies. In particular, it will be necessary for them to work consistently through the week and manage their time carefully.
Students are free to discuss homework problems with each other.
Hence they have the opportunity to work cooperatively and exploit each other as a learning resource. Each week there will be three lectures and one problems class in which homework will be reviewed. Students will attempt simple exercises during the lectures. Assignments Ten weekly graded homeworks. Assessment Weekly graded homework, two 45 minute Continuous Assessment tests in weeks 5 and 9, and a three-hour examination at the end of the semester.