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ME12002: Engineering mathematics

[Page last updated: 02 May 2024]

Academic Year: 2023/24
Owning Department/School: Department of Mechanical Engineering
Credits: 10 [equivalent to 20 CATS credits]
Notional Study Hours: 200
Level: Certificate (FHEQ level 4)
Period:
Academic Year
Assessment Summary: EXOB 100%
Assessment Detail:
  • Engineering mathematics exam (EXOB 100%)
Supplementary Assessment:
Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
Requisites:
Learning Outcomes: After successfully completing this unit, you will be able to: 1. Manipulate circular and hyperbolic functions. 2. Differentiate and integrate elementary functions, and products of functions. 3.Use complex numbers. 4. Apply appropriate methods for the solution of ordinary differential equations and systems of ordinary differential equations. 5. Determine the Fourier series of a periodic function and represent functions with power series. 6. Use simple and conditional probabilities and apply to sequences of events.


Synopsis: This unit will reinforce your understanding of the basic mathematical techniques that form the foundation of engineering analysis.

Content: Complex numbers Basic calculus Series ODEs Vectors and Matrices Least Squares Laplace Transforms Fourier Series Root-finding Probability Topics for self-study that could be assessed

Course availability:

ME12002 is a Must Pass Unit on the following courses:

Department of Mechanical Engineering
  • UEME-AFB51 : BEng(Hons) Integrated Design Engineering (Year 1)
  • UEME-AKB51 : BEng(Hons) Integrated Design Engineering with professional placement (Year 1)
  • UEME-AFB52 : BEng(Hons) Mechanical Engineering (Year 1)
  • UEME-AFB53 : BEng(Hons) Mechanical Engineering with Manufacturing and Management (Year 1)
  • UEME-AKB53 : BEng(Hons) Mechanical Engineering with Manufacturing and Management with professional placement (Year 1)
  • UEME-AKB52 : BEng(Hons) Mechanical Engineering with professional placement (Year 1)
  • UEME-AFB54 : BEng(Hons) Mechanical with Automotive Engineering (Year 1)
  • UEME-AKB54 : BEng(Hons) Mechanical with Automotive Engineering with professional placement (Year 1)
  • UEME-AFM51 : MEng(Hons) Integrated Design Engineering (Year 1)
  • UEME-AKM51 : MEng(Hons) Integrated Design Engineering with professional placement (Year 1)
  • UEME-AFM52 : MEng(Hons) Mechanical Engineering (Year 1)
  • UEME-AKM52 : MEng(Hons) Mechanical Engineering with professional placement (Year 1)
  • UEME-AFM54 : MEng(Hons) Mechanical with Automotive Engineering (Year 1)
  • UEME-AKM54 : MEng(Hons) Mechanical with Automotive Engineering with professional placement (Year 1)

ME12002 is Compulsory on the following courses:

Department of Mechanical Engineering
  • UEME-AFB50 : BEng(Hons) Aerospace Engineering (Year 1)
  • UEME-AKB50 : BEng(Hons) Aerospace Engineering with professional placement (Year 1)
  • UEME-AFM50 : MEng(Hons) Aerospace Engineering (Year 1)
  • UEME-AKM50 : MEng(Hons) Aerospace Engineering with professional placement (Year 1)
  • UEME-AFM53 : MEng(Hons) Mechanical Engineering with Manufacturing and Management (Year 1)
  • UEME-AKM53 : MEng(Hons) Mechanical Engineering with Manufacturing and Management with professional placement (Year 1)

Notes:

  • This unit catalogue is applicable for the 2023/24 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2024/25 and beyond should not assume that this unit will be available in future years in the format displayed here for 2023/24.
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