Project in Mathematics (Group) (U01654)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 10 ? Acronym : MAT-4-GPr

Group Project for Degrees involving Mathematics and/or Statistics. A small group of students investigate a topic under the guidance of a member of staff, each writing a report on aspects of that topic.

Entry Requirements

? This course is not available to visting students.

? Pre-requisites : Final year Honours students only

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Specialist Mathematics & Statistics (Honours), (School of Mathematics, Schedule P)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : 4th year

? Delivery Period : Full Year (Blocks 1-4)

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

Learning Objectives
1. To allow students to gain some experience in mathematical investigations/research, building on that learned in MAT-3-MCC.
2. To enhance students' abilities to communicate mathematical ideas through written and spoken word.
3. To encourage independent thought and enhance students' critical faculties,both of their own and other peoples work.
4. Students learn how to carry out project work effectively, when working in a team.

Outcomes
1. Students will become more confident in reading mathematical papers, performing literature searches, summarizing knowledge in a topic area.
2. Students become better at carrying out mathematical analyses and computational work, posing their own questions, planning a study, all with limited direction from an academic supervisor.
3. Students become more proficient at writing mathematics.
4. Students become better at presenting mathematical work through oral presentations.
5. Students gain experience of mathematical typesetting.
6. Students are able to identify individuals' skills and distribute the project work so as to maximise team effectiveness.