Course overview
The aim of this course is to develop foundational research skills in the mathematical sciences. It will be taught as three small group workshops per week and assessed through guided discovery projects. Students will be required to participate proactively in the small groups workshops and by involvement in open-ended problems, independent reading and completion of the guided discovery projects.
Course learning outcomes
- Appreciate the way pure mathematics is built on rigorous arguments
- Appreciate the difference between discrete and continuum modelling approaches
- Appreciate the need for statistical analysis of data
- Be able to develop their own rigorous mathematical arguments
- Be able to develop simple mathematical models
- Be able to implement models using Matlab
- Be able to analyse data
- Be able to write project reports and give an oral presentation