Maths Matters (Project) (G5270)
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Maths Matters (Project)
Module G5270
Module details for 2025/26.
15 credits
FHEQ Level 6
Module Outline
This module is designed to develop the professional skills needed to successfully manage and complete a long-term project, including project planning, literature review, and report writing. Students will explore real-world, open-ended problems that can be analysed using pure or applied mathematical techniques, with a focus on methods and implementation rather than theory. The emphasis will be on practical methods, problem-solving, and implementation. Students will work in groups and independently to solve these problems, producing written reports and delivering oral presentations in the form of posters and recorded presentations. The module will foster independent research and project management skills and help the students connect their skills to professional opportunities.
Module learning outcomes
The ability to deploy accurately established techniques of analysis and enquiry within Pure and Applied mathematics.
Apply the methods and techniques that they have learned to review, consolidate, extend and apply their knowledge and understanding, and to initiate and carry out projects.
Communicate information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialist and non-specialist audiences.
Acquire the qualities and transferable skills necessary for employment.
| Term | Method | Duration | Week pattern |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Semester | Seminar | 1 hour | 11110101010 |
| Spring Semester | Class | 1 hour | 11112121212 |
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