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DRPS : Course Catalogue : School of Mathematics : Mathematics

Postgraduate Course: MIGS: Advanced Course 4 (MATH12031)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Mathematics CollegeCollege of Science and Engineering
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 12 (Postgraduate) AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
SCQF Credits15 ECTS Credits7.5
SummaryThis course is one of a suite specifically designed to support CDT students in the Maxwell Institute Graduate School in their doctoral studies.
Course description Students will be exposed to advanced material relevant and expected to apply a constant and integrated approach to critical analysis, evaluation and synthesis of new and complex ideas, information and issues. You will also take significant responsibility for a range of resources and given the opportunity to demonstrate leadership and/or originality in tackling and resolving problems and issues.
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2020/21, Not available to visiting students (SS1) Quota:  None
Course Start Flexible
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 150 ( Lecture Hours 20, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 3, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 127 )
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment) 100% coursework
Feedback Not entered
No Exam Information
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. Demonstrate and/or work with critical, detailed and often leading knowledge and understanding at the forefront of one or more specialisms.
  2. Demonstrate and/or work with a critical overview of a subject/discipline, including critical understanding of the principal theories, principles and concepts.
  3. Demonstrate and/or work with knowledge and understanding that is generated through personal investigations.
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
Special Arrangements As this course is intended to be responsive to student needs, staffing will be drawn from UoE/HWU staff as appropriate. This course is only open to students on CDT programmes in the Maxwell Institute Graduate School.
KeywordsCDT,advanced
Contacts
Course organiserProf Benedict Leimkuhler
Tel:
Email: B.Leimkuhler@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMrs Katy Cameron
Tel: (0131 6)50 5085
Email: Katy.Cameron@ed.ac.uk
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