A Foundation in Pure Mathematics

MATH 1210SED

Course Guide

A FOUNDATION IN PURE MATHEMATICS

MATH 1210SED

Course Guide

A FOUNDATION IN PURE MATHEMATICS

Course Start Date

Aut 2024

Course Level

1000

Length in Terms

2 terms

Credits

6

Language

English

Fees ($) (including lab fees)

9,000

Future Terms

Quota and Schedule

Course Start Date	Course Level	Length in Terms	Credits	Language	Fees ($) (including lab fees)	Future Terms
Aut 2024	1000	2 terms	6	English	9,000

Quota and Schedule

Course Coordinator:

Dr Andrew Wu, BEng (Hons) UNSW, MSc (EEE) HKU, PhD HKU, MIEEE, MIET

This course is compulsory for a large number of Science and Technology programmes and an optional course or a free-choice credits to be taken by students of other programmes.

You should preferably have a general knowledge of secondary school mathematics or its equivalent before studying this course.

MATH 1210SED is presented in September every year.

Aims

This course aims to:

Develop students' analytical skills to help them become independent learners.
Lead students towards an appreciation of mathematics as a discipline.
Provide a transition between secondary school and university-level mathematics and the associated learning environments.
Develop students' skills in handling mathematics.
Develop students' knowledge of mathematics in preparation for other courses in mathematics and computing.

Contents

The course covers the following topics:

Foundations — sets, logic, relations, functions
Proofs and combinatorics — proofs, counting, probability, binomial expansions
Recursion and iteration — homogeneous and non-homogeneous recurrence relations with constant coefficients, iteration
Algebraic structures — matrices and complex numbers

Learning support

There are regular two-hour tutorials and surgery sessions held on weekday evenings or weekends throughout the course.

Assessment

There will be three assignments and a final examination. Students are required to submit assignments via the Online Learning Environment (OLE).

Online requirement

Students will need to have access to the Internet.

Use of the Online Learning Environment (OLE) is compulsory for the submission of the assignments (multiple-choice) as well as participating in a number of online support services. You will also have the option to submit your assignments through the OLE and communicate electronically with your tutor and the Course Coordinator, as well as other students.

Equipment

Students will need access to a computer system suitable for connecting to the Internet. The recommended minimum computing requirements are:

Windows 7 or later version
120 MB free hard disk space

The course materials also include a number of video and audio available on OLE.

Set book(s)

There are no set books for this course.