ALGEBRA

Course Code

MA 1502

Credit Points

20

Course Coordinator

Professor M Weiss

Pre-requisites

SCE H or GCE A level in Mathematics.

Overview

The course includes a discussion of the following topics: complex numbers and the theory of polynomial equations, vector algebra in two and three dimensions, systems of linear equations and their solution, matrices and determinants, induction and recurrences, counting principles and elementary probability and sets and maps.

Structure

12 week course - 4 lectures and 1 tutorial per week.

Assessment

1st Attempt: 1 two-hour written examination paper (70%) and in-course assessment (30%).

Resit: 1 two-hour written examination paper (maximum of 100% resit and 70% resit with 30% in-course assessment).