AR10498: Engineering mathematics and computation 1
[Page last updated: 09 August 2024]
| Academic Year: | 2024/25 |
| Owning Department/School: | Department of Architecture & Civil Engineering |
| Credits: | 10 [equivalent to 20 CATS credits] |
| Notional Study Hours: | 200 |
| Level: | Certificate (FHEQ level 4) |
| Period: |
- Semester 2
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| Assessment Summary: | CWRI 50%, EXOB 50% |
| Assessment Detail: |
- Project Report (CWRI 50% - Qualifying Mark: 40)
- Exam (EXOB 50% - Qualifying Mark: 40)
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| Supplementary Assessment: |
- Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
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| Requisites: |
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| Learning Outcomes: |
On successful completion of the unit, you will be able to:
* Select and use appropriate mathematical techniques to solve engineering problems. (K1)
* Develop computational programming to solve simple engineering problems. (K1)
* Construct simple 2D and 3D representations of engineering systems and elements. (PT1)
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| Synopsis: | Acquire general mathematical foundations and computational methods and tools required as a basis for solving engineering problems across a range of civil engineering subject areas.
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| Content: | Elementary functions;
Differentiation and its applications;
Integration and its applications;
Determinants and matrices;
Elementary vector analysis;
AutoCAD;
Excel for engineering problem solving;
Computer programming for engineering problem solving.
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| Course availability: |
AR10498 is a Designated Essential Unit on the following courses:
Department of Architecture & Civil Engineering
- UEAR-AFB11 : BEng(Hons) Civil Engineering (Year 1)
- UEAR-AKB11 : BEng(Hons) Civil Engineering with Year long work placement (Year 1)
- UEAR-AFB12 : BEng(Hons) Structural and Architectural Engineering (Year 1)
- UEAR-AKB12 : BEng(Hons) Structural and Architectural Engineering with Year long work placement (Year 1)
- UEAR-AFM11 : MEng(Hons) Civil Engineering (Year 1)
- UEAR-AKM11 : MEng(Hons) Civil Engineering with Year long work placement (Year 1)
- UEAR-AFM12 : MEng(Hons) Structural and Architectural Engineering (Year 1)
- UEAR-AKM12 : MEng(Hons) Structural and Architectural Engineering with Year long work placement (Year 1)
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Notes: - This unit catalogue is applicable for the 2024/25 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2025/26 and beyond should not assume that this unit will be available in future years in the format displayed here for 2024/25.
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