Module FOUD02A8: Mathematics 1

Department: Foundation Year (Durham)

FOUD02A8: Mathematics 1

Prerequisites

• None

Corequisites

• None

Excluded Combination of Modules

• Mathematics 2, Mathematics 3

Aims

• To introduce a range of foundation mathematics skills in operating with numbers and algebra applied in a range of science and social science degree progression routes.
• To introduce statistical methods to represent, analyse, and interpret statistical data.
• To introduce skills to solve mathematical problems in real life contexts.
• To introduce logical thinking by description, analysis, deduction and evaluation of real life data.
• To introduce the ability to communicate work successfully To encourage interdisciplinary and collaborative studentship
• Skills and other attributes 
• This module also supports the overall programme aims to enable students to have:
• acquired the ability to work confidently with a range of academic materials and sources (as appropriate to progression subject area);
• acquired the ability to work confidently with numerical data and statistics (as appropriate to progression subject area);
• acquired a level of self-efficacy in relation to workload management, basic academic autonomy and a learner identity as an effective university student;
• gained skills in using libraries, online databases and other reference resources;

Content

• Numerical and algebraic operations and simple problem-solving.
• Graphs, functions (including logarithm and exponential) and applications  
• Sequences and series  
• Descriptive statistics and inferential analysis

Learning Outcomes

• By the end of the module students will have demonstrated:
• 1. Knowledge of a range of relevant subject concepts and notations
• 2. Knowledge of a range of relevant methods for calculations and solving equations
• 3. Knowledge of a range of relevant vocabulary

• By the end of the module students will be able to:
• 1. Demonstrate the appropriate use of a range of relevant mathematics concepts in response to specific assessment tasks
• 2. Demonstrate the appropriate use of relevant mathematics methods in response to specific assessment tasks
• 3. Demonstrate the appropriate use of a range of relevant vocabulary in response to specific assessment tasks

• By the end of the module students will be able to:
• 1. Demonstrate logical reasoning
• 2. Demonstrate effective communication using appropriate academic styles
• 3. Demonstrate the use of appropriate sources of evidence

Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module

• This module will be delivered using seminars on a weekly basis. Students will be taught concepts and then challenged to apply them in a variety of contextual tasks that are designed to lead to achieving the module outcomes.
• In this module, the Tests’ primary function is to allows students to demonstrate the range and sophistication of their engagement with the module’s Reference/Factual knowledge and Process knowledge, contextually and selectively applying this knowledge in response to specific test questions, with the secondary focus on the key skills of Academic communication under timed conditions (as they are likely to experience in their subsequent years of study).
• The Statistics Report primarily allows students to demonstrate the range and sophistication of their engagement with the module’s Procedural knowledge and how they apply these within the context of their discipline (e.g. statistical analysis), with the secondary focus on effective academic communication through the medium of a Statistical Report (as they are likely to experience in their subsequent years of study).

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

Summative Assessment

Formative Assessment:

A regular formative tasks are used to help students work towards module outcomes and to iteratively build competency towards each respective summative assessment.

■ Attendance at all activities marked with this symbol will be monitored. Students who fail to attend these activities, or to complete the summative or formative assessment specified above, will be subject to the procedures defined in the University's General Regulation V, and may be required to leave the University