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Undergraduate Course: Project in Mathematics (Double) (MATH10031)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Mathematics CollegeCollege of Science and Engineering
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
SCQF Credits40 ECTS Credits20
SummaryProject for Combined Honours Degrees involving Mathematics.
Course description This course will:
1. Allow students to gain some experience in mathematical investigations/research.
2. Enhance students' abilities to communicate mathematical ideas through written and spoken word.
3. Encourage independent thought and enhance students' critical faculties, both of their own and other people's work.
4. Allow students to gain experience of a longer project investigation than is possible in an individual project, often exploring the connection between mathematics and some other discipline.
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements Restricted to Undergraduate degrees run, or jointly run, by the School of Mathematics
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2024/25, Not available to visiting students (SS1) Quota:  None
Course Start Full Year
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 400 ( Dissertation/Project Supervision Hours 15, Formative Assessment Hours 2, Summative Assessment Hours 2, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 8, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 373 )
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment) This coursework assessment will be based 20% on oral presentation and 80% on written report.
Feedback Not entered
No Exam Information
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. Confidently read mathematical papers, perform literature searches and summarize knowledge in a topic area.
  2. Carry out improved mathematical analyses and computational work, pose their own questions and plan a study, all with limited direction from an academic supervisor.
  3. Proficiently write mathematics.
  4. Confidently present mathematical work through oral presentations.
  5. Use their experience in mathematical typesetting.
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
KeywordsDMP
Contacts
Course organiserDr David Siska
Tel: (0131 6)51 9091
Email: D.Siska@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMrs Alison Fairgrieve
Tel: (0131 6)50 5045
Email: Alison.Fairgrieve@ed.ac.uk
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