Academic Year:
| 2012/3 |
Owning Department/School:
| Department of Computer Science |
Credits:
| 6 |
Level:
| Certificate (FHEQ level 4) |
Period: |
Semester 1
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Assessment:
| CW 25%, EX 75% |
Supplementary Assessment: | CM10196 Mandatory Extra Work (where allowed by programme regulations) |
Requisites:
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Description:
| Aims: To introduce students to a mathematical basis to support computer science in general and other Computer Science units in particular.
Learning Outcomes: On completion of the unit the students will be able to:
1. understand and use the language of mathematics;
2. apply knowledge of appropriate discrete mathematics for computation.
Skills: Application of Number (T/F, A), Problem Solving (T/F, A).
Content:
* Propositional and predicate calculus (including basic logic).
* Sets and Relations (including Cartesian products).
* Mappings and functions (e.g. injective mappings, continuous functions).
* Integers and number (including fields and complex numbers).
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Programme availability:
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CM10196 is Compulsory on the following programmes:
Department of Computer Science
- USCM-AFB06 : BSc (hons) Computer Science (Full-time) - Year 1
- USCM-AKB07 : BSc (hons) Computer Science (Full-time with Thick Sandwich Placement) - Year 1
- USCM-AFB09 : BSc (hons) Computer Science with Business (Full-time) - Year 1
- USCM-AKB10 : BSc (hons) Computer Science with Business (Full-time with Thick Sandwich Placement) - Year 1
- USCM-AAB10 : BSc (hons) Computer Science with Business with Study Year Abroad (Full-time with Study Year Abroad) - Year 1
- USCM-AAB07 : BSc (hons) Computer Science with Study Year Abroad (Full-time with Study Year Abroad) - Year 1
- USCM-AFM01 : MComp (hons) Computer Science (Full-time) - Year 1
- USCM-AKM02 : MComp (hons) Computer Science (Full-time with Thick Sandwich Placement) - Year 1
- USCM-AAM02 : MComp (hons) Computer Science with Study Year Abroad (Full-time with Study Year Abroad) - Year 1
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