Undergraduate Course: Algebraic Coding Theory (MATH10025)
Course Outline
| School | School of Mathematics | 
College | College of Science and Engineering | 
 
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) | 
Availability | Available to all students | 
 
| SCQF Credits | 10 | 
ECTS Credits | 5 | 
 
 
| Summary | Introduction to Coding Theory, Linear Codes, Perfect Codes, Cyclic Linear Codes, BCH Codes, Reed-Solomon Codes | 
 
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites | 
 Students MUST have passed:    
Honours Algebra (MATH10069)  
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Other requirements |  None | 
 
 
Information for Visiting Students 
| Pre-requisites | None | 
 
 
Course Delivery Information
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Learning Outcomes 
    1. Familiarity with the fundamentals of error-correcting coding  
2. Familiarity with the important types of codes, such as Hamming, Golay, BCH and Reed-Solomon codes  
3. An appreciation of the way some of these codes are decoded  
4. An appreciation of the way error-correcting codes are applied in the transmission and storage of data  
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Contacts 
| Course organiser | Dr Martin Dindos 
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Course secretary | Mrs Alison Fairgrieve 
Tel: (0131 6)50 5045 
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