SCI 111 Mathematical Ideas and Methods in Contexts

Content

Mathematics is the language used to grasp understanding of, to explore, and to gain insight in any of the sciences: physics, chemistry, biology, and so forth, cannot be well understood or appreciated without sufficient skills in mathematics. The aim of this introductory course in the mathematics track is to learn basic widely-used mathematical techniques, such as differentiation, various techniques for integration, complex numbers, matrices and differential equations. These techniques are put into context in projects related to real situations in the fields of physics, chemistry, biology, economics, sociology, etc. In this course we will continue to construct knowledge on the mathematical basis you have already founded.  

Instructor

Dr. David Tax and Dr. Ir. Richard van den Doel

Track

Mathematics

Period

Fall / 2008

Course Material

• CALCULUS, Concepts & Connections, Robert T. Smith and Roland B. Minton, McGraw-Hill, ISBN 0-07-282623-1

Additional Prerequisites

Advanced high school mathematics; knowledge, understanding and practical experience (from Wiskunde B12 or equivalent mathematics courses) is necessary to be successful in this course. Students with a deficiency in mathematics are strongly encouraged to prepare for this course in advance.

Required for

This course is required in order to take the following courses:

• SCI 121 Introduction to Physics and Chemistry
• SCI 211 Mathematical Methods
• SCI 212 Theory of Statistics and Data Analysis
• SCI 221 Electromagnetism
• SCI 312 Advanced Mathematics

This course is an alternative requirement for the following courses:

• SSC 261 Theory of Firm, Industry and Competition
• SSC 262 Macroeconomic Theory and Policy
• SSC 265 Corporate Accounting and Finance
• SSC 267 Intermediate Microeconomics
• SSC 269 Econometrics
• SCI 241 Earth System Science II