- Department: Mathematics
- Credit value: 10 credits
- Credit level: H
- Academic year of delivery: 2022-23
Pre-requisite modules
Co-requisite modules
- None
Prohibited combinations
Pre-requisites for Natural Sciences Students:
Occurrence | Teaching period |
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A | Autumn Term 2022-23 |
• To provide the fundamentals of programming in MATLAB (a mathematical programming language for computation and visualization).
• To develop skills to solve complex mathematical problems using computation.
• To provide practice in applying these techniques to problems in biology and other subjects
Subject content
The fundamentals of coding in MATLAB
Examples of computation and visualisation using MATLAB.
Topical and up-to-date examples of mathematical models, often (but not exclusively) based onapplications in the biosciences, covering mathematical areas such as
large systems of ordinary differential equations;
discrete and stochastic simulations of reactions – the Gillespie algorithm;
stochastic differential equations;
delay differential equations.
(In this H-level module it is anticipated that three of these four topics, or similar ones, will be studied in detail.)
Academic and graduate skills
Task | % of module mark |
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Essay/coursework | 25 |
Essay/coursework | 25 |
Essay/coursework | 40 |
Essay/coursework | 10 |
None
Task | % of module mark |
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Essay/coursework | 25 |
Essay/coursework | 25 |
Essay/coursework | 40 |
Essay/coursework | 10 |
Current Department policy on feedback is available in the undergraduate student handbook. Coursework and examinations will be marked and returned in accordance with this policy.
(Indicative, for reference. Web based resources and peer-reviewed research literature will feature prominently.)
MATLAB Guide, Desmond J. Higham and Nicholas J. Higham, xxiii+382 pages, hardcover, ISBN 0-89871-578-4, 2nd edition, SIAM, 2005.