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DRPS : Course Catalogue : School of Physics and Astronomy : Undergraduate (School of Physics and Astronomy)

Undergraduate Course: Mathematics Skills (PHYS10033)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Physics and Astronomy CollegeCollege of Science and Engineering
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) AvailabilityAvailable to all students
SCQF Credits10 ECTS Credits5
SummaryA synoptic paper designed to examine the mathematical problem-solving skills developed by Mathematical Physics students throughout their degree programme.
Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Students MUST have passed: Complex Variable & Differential Equations (MATH10033) AND Lagrangian Dynamics (PHYS10015) AND Symmetries of Classical Mechanics (PHYS10088) OR Electromagnetism and Relativity (PHYS10093)
Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements Only for Maths and Physics and Mathematical Physics students students in their Senior Honours year.
At least 80 credit points accrued in courses of SCQF Level 9 or 10 drawn from Schedule Q.
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesNone
High Demand Course? Yes
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2016/17, Available to all students (SV1) Quota:  None
Course Start Semester 1
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 100 ( Summative Assessment Hours 2, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 96 )
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 100 %, Coursework 0 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment) Degree Examination, 100%
Feedback Not entered
Exam Information
Exam Diet Paper Name Hours & Minutes
Main Exam Diet S1 (December)Mathematics Skills2:00
Learning Outcomes
Students should be able to:

1) Identify and apply the mathematical techniques needed to analyse and solve a given problem;
2) Make appropriate assumptions, qualifications or order of magnitude estimates in order to solve open-ended problems;
3) Be able to sketch common mathematical functions appropriate to the problem at hand;
4) Be able to comment on or assess the physical implications of the solution they have obtained for a particular problem;
5) Be able to solve physics problems by mathematical or any other valid reasoning.
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
Additional Class Delivery Information Workshop sessions, as arranged.
KeywordsMSkill
Contacts
Course organiserDr Roger Horsley
Tel: (0131 6)50 6481
Email: rhorsley@ph.ed.ac.uk		 Course secretaryMrs Siobhan Macinnes
Tel: (0131 6)51 3448
Email: Siobhan.MacInnes@ed.ac.uk
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