SK080-4-FY-CO:
Maths and Stats for Academic Study - Essex Business School
2023/24
Student Development
Colchester Campus
Full Year
Undergraduate: Level 4
Current
Thursday 05 October 2023
Friday 28 June 2024
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31 March 2021
Requisites for this module
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The Maths and Stats for Academic Study module covers the basic numeracy and mathematical skills needed in the first year of your course. The syllabus covers the basic mathematics of number work, statistics, approximation, linear equations and graph work to ensure that all students have acquired the basic skills that will be of use to them during the first year of their studies. The class teaching and notes cover the syllabus content and the associated work in the classes develops the students' skills.
Module aims:
- To ensure that students from a wide range of educational backgrounds have a broad understanding of basic numerical skills.
- To encourage and develop the ability to acquire mathematical knowledge and skills from lectures, lecture notes and class work exercises.
- To develop students' ability to use these skills in their individual courses.
- To equip students with the basic mathematical techniques needed to solve related problems in their courses.
On successful completion of the module a student will demonstrate:
- knowledge of basic number work;
- appropriate use of approximation in numerical calculations;
- knowledge of units of measurement and conversion between them;
- knowledge of linear and quadratic expressions and equations;
- knowledge of basic trigonometry, vectors and matrices.
No additional information available.
The module is delivered via a weekly two-hour class for small groups of students. The classes are used to teach the lecture material and to consolidate it with exercises.
Learning support
Lecture material is provided using PowerPoint presentations, which are later emailed to students as lecture notes and are also available on Moodle. All lecture notes include page references for the recommended text book. Class work exercise sheets are used in the weekly classes; these include solutions. Learning material and class work exercise sheets (including solutions) used in the weekly classes are available on Moodle.
Students are also recommended to make use of the workshops offered by Skills for Success to support upskilling and development in the areas of Academic Skills, English Language and Maths/Statistics which can be booked through CareerHub. Please email askthehub@essex.ac.uk or visit the Skills for Success webpages for more information.
This module does not appear to have a published bibliography for this year.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
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Exam format definitions
- Remote, open book: Your exam will take place remotely via an online learning platform. You may refer to any physical or electronic materials during the exam.
- In-person, open book: Your exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer to any physical materials such as paper study notes or a textbook during the exam. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, open book (restricted): The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer only to specific physical materials such as a named textbook during the exam. Permitted materials will be specified by your department. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, closed book: The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may not refer to any physical materials or electronic devices during the exam. There may be times when a paper dictionary,
for example, may be permitted in an otherwise closed book exam. Any exceptions will be specified by your department.
Your department will provide further guidance before your exams.
Overall assessment
Reassessment
Module supervisor and teaching staff
Ms Hansa Bissoondeeal, email: hobiss@essex.ac.uk.
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No external examiner information available for this module.
Available via Moodle
Of 27 hours, 20 (74.1%) hours available to students:
7 hours not recorded due to service coverage or fault;
0 hours not recorded due to opt-out by lecturer(s), module, or event type.
Student Development
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