Course 123 - Mathematical Methods course for JF Natural Sciences.

Lecturer:

Date: 1996-97

Groups: JF Natural Sciences, JF Pharmacy

Prerequisites: None

Duration: 24 weeks

Lectures per week: 2 + 1 examples class

Assessment: See below

Examinations: Yes

Michaelmas term

Basic mathematics, sequences and series, polynomials, functions, limits, differentiation.

Hilary Term

Applications of differentiation (maxima and minima, linear approximation, Newton's method), indefinite and definite integrals, logarithmic and exponential functions, applications of integration to areas, volumes, arc lengths.

Trinity Term

Differential equations (first order, linear with constant coefficients, systems of first order equations), numerical methods, matrices and determinants, curve fitting.

Assessment:

Grading:

1. Pharmacists will attend only the Hilary and Trinity terms of this course and will be examined only on the material covered during these terms. There will be a multiple-choice examination at the end of each of the aforementioned terms. Each of these exams will count 10% of your final mark for these two terms. The final examination will count 80% of your final mark for these two terms.

   During Michaelmas term you will attend a course on statistics. This will count 40% of your final mark in Course 123. Here, then, is how your grade is computed:
   

   Michaelmas Exam 10%
   Trinity Exam 10%
   Final Exam 80%

   Let A = final grade you receive on these exams.
   Let B = final grade you receive on your statistics course.

   Then your final mark for Course 123 is A x 60% + B x 40%

2. Science students will attend all three terms of this course. There will be a multiple-choice examination at the end of each term. Each of these three exams will count 10% of your final mark.

   There will be a computer project during Hilary term that will count 10% of your final mark. So this is how your final mark for Course 123 is calculated:
   

   Michaelmas exam 10%
   Hilary exam 10%
   Trinity exam 10%
   Computer project 10%
   Final exam 60%