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On completion of this module students should be able to:
1. Perform mathematical calculations using vectors, including vector addition, scalar multiplication, and dot products.
2. Use the Cartesian notation for vectors with proficiency.
3. Explain precisely the ideas of vector, velocity, acceleration, momentum, kinetic energy, potential energy.
4. Use Newton's laws to express and solve problems in mathematical terms.
Student Effort Type | Hours |
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Specified Learning Activities | 15 |
Autonomous Student Learning | 46 |
Lectures | 30 |
Tutorial | 9 |
Total | 100 |
Not applicable to this module.
Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
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Examination: End-of-Trimester Exam (Closed Book) | 2 hour End of Trimester Exam | No | Other | No | 80 |
Assignment: One long assignment, to be administered early in the Trimester and probably due in Week 8 | Varies over the Trimester | n/a | Other | No | 20 |
Resit In | Terminal Exam |
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Spring | Yes - 2 Hour |
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
Not yet recorded.
Name | Role |
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Assoc Professor Anthony Cronin | Tutor |
Jakob Neef | Tutor |
Lecture | Offering 1 | Week(s) - Autumn: Weeks 2-12 | Mon 10:00 - 10:50 |
Lecture | Offering 1 | Week(s) - Autumn: Weeks 2-12 | Mon 14:00 - 14:50 |
Lecture | Offering 1 | Week(s) - Autumn: Weeks 2-12 | Wed 10:00 - 10:50 |
Tutorial | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 | Mon 11:00 - 11:50 |
Tutorial | Offering 2 | Week(s) - 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 | Fri 14:00 - 14:50 |