ADVANCED CALCULUS

Course Code

MA 2507

Credit Points

15

Course Coordinator

Professor R J Archbold

Pre-requisites

MA 2005

Overview

The course is mainly concerned with the analysis of functions of several variables. Topics discussed include partial differentiation and its applications, multiple integration and an introduction to the theory of ordinary differential equations. There is also a self-paced introduction to the computer algebra package Maple.

Structure

12 week course - 3 one-hour lectures, 1 one-hour tutorial per week and 4 one-hour practicals (to be arranged).

Assessment

1st Attempt: 1 two-hour written examination (80%); in-course assessment (20%).

Resit: 1 two-hour written examination paper (maximum of 100% resit and 80% resit with 20% in-course assessment).