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 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 |  
| Course description | Not entered |  
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites | Students MUST have passed:    
Honours Algebra (MATH10069) 
 | Co-requisites |  |  
| Prohibited Combinations |  | Other requirements | None |  
Information for Visiting Students 
| Pre-requisites | None |  
		| High Demand Course? | Yes |  
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |  
Learning Outcomes 
| On completion of this course, the student will be able to: 
        Demonstrate familiarity with the fundamentals of error-correcting coding.Demonstrate familiarity with the important types of codes, such as Hamming, Golay, BCH and Reed-Solomon codes.Appreciate the way some of these codes are decoded.Appreciate the way error-correcting codes are applied in the transmission and storage of data. |  
Contacts 
| Course organiser | Dr Martin Dindos Tel:
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 | Course secretary | Mrs Alison Fairgrieve Tel: (0131 6)50 5045
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