- UCAS course code
- H114
- UCAS institution code
- M20
BSc Computer Science with an Integrated Foundation Year / Course details
Year of entry: 2024
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Course unit details:
Mathematics 0J2
Unit code | MATH19852 |
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Credit rating | 10 |
Unit level | Level 1 |
Teaching period(s) | Semester 2 |
Available as a free choice unit? | No |
Aims
The course unit aims to provide a basic course in mechanics for students in the Foundation Year.
Learning outcomes
Knowledge and understanding: Be familiar with mechanics as applied to static and dynamical situations.
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.
Syllabus
8 lectures: Dynamics I: Newton's Laws for linear motion. Concepts of mass, force, weight momentum, power, kinetic energy, work as an integral. Impulses, collisions, conservation laws, connected particle problems.
8 lectures: Dynamics II: Newton's Law for general motion in vector form. Position, velocity and acceleration vectors. Power and kinetic energy as scalar products. Free motion under uniform gravity. Motion in a circle with constant speed.
6 lectures : Statics: Forces and moments. Particles and rigid bodies under systems of coplanar forces. Laws of friction. Centre of mass.
Assessment methods
Method | Weight |
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Other | 20% |
Written exam | 80% |
Coursework 1 (week 5) Weighting within unit 10%
Coursework 2 (week 9) Weighting within unit 10%
Examination (semester 2) Weighting within unit 80%
Recommended reading
BOSTOCK, L. & CHANDLER, S. 1975. Applied mathematics. Stanley Thornes, London. (ISBN0859500195 / ISBN9780859500197)
Study hours
Scheduled activity hours | |
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Lectures | 24 |
Tutorials | 11 |
Independent study hours | |
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Independent study | 65 |
Teaching staff
Staff member | Role |
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Mike Simon | Unit coordinator |
Additional notes
This course unit detail provides the framework for delivery in 20/21 and may be subject to change due to any additional Covid-19 impact.
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