Undergraduate Course: Computational Modelling for Geosciences (EASC09035)
Course Outline
| School |
School of Geosciences |
College |
College of Science and Engineering |
| Course type |
Standard |
Availability |
Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) |
SCQF Level 09 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Credits |
10 |
| Home subject area |
Earth Science |
Other subject area |
Geosciences |
| Course website |
None |
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| Course description |
The aim of the new course would be to teach the Students an interpreted language with integrated plotting tools. Such languages are widely used in Geoscience research and enable scientists to be highly productive. (See ?teachability? for more details). It would also teach some simple software engineering principles in order to help the students program more effectively. The latter half of the course would teach some numerical methods. These would use the tools taught in the first half of the course and be applied to simple Geoscience modelling problems.
The numerical methods part of the course has three aims:
1) Develop student?s knowledge of numerical methods.
2) Give the students an environment in which to develop their software skills.
3) Give them some limited appreciation of computational modelling |
Entry Requirements
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites |
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| Prohibited Combinations |
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Other requirements |
None
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| Additional Costs |
None. |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2010/11 Semester 1, Available to all students (SV1)
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WebCT enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
| Location |
Activity |
Description |
Weeks |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
| King's Buildings | Laboratory | | 1-11 | | 10:00 - 13:00 | | | | | King's Buildings | Lecture | | 1-11 | | 09:00 - 09:50 | | | |
| First Class |
First class information not currently available |
| Additional information |
6 hour(s) per week for 3 week(s). |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
A comprehensive and integrated overview of numerical methods used in Geosciences so that students&© gain:
1. An ability to use interpreted language (Matlab) to apply numerical methods to problems in Geosciences
2. An ability to use interpreted language (Matlab) to visualise Geoscience data
3. A basic understanding of some software engineering ideas
4. An understanding of basic numerical methods:
a. Linear-algebra
b. Least-squares fitting for 1D problem
c. Minimisation techniques for 1D and 2D problems
d. Explicit methods for solving 1D ODE&©s
5. A basic understanding of numerical stability, accuracy, convergence and computational complexity in numerical methods
6. A knowledge of how to apply the techniques of computational modelling to simple Geoscience modelling problems |
Assessment Information
| Two coursework assignments (20% each) and one degree exam (60%). |
| Please see Visiting Student Prospectus website for Visiting Student Assessment information |
Special Arrangements
| Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser |
Prof Simon Tett
Tel:
Email: Simon.Tett@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary |
Miss Emma Latto
Tel: (0131 6)50 8510
Email: emma.latto@ed.ac.uk |
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