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Course BS110/111:
Numeracy & Computer Skills for Biologists
Mathematics, from the Greek, manthano,
"to learn".
Course Resources:
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Module Aims:
- To ensure that all students have a general appreciation of basic mathematical,
statistical and data handling techniques appropriate to the Biological Sciences
degrees.
- To ensure that all students have adequate practical knowledge of the use
of communication and information technology appropriate to the Biological
Sciences degrees.
- To encourage student planning skills and effective time management through
the use of continuous assessment and electronic submission of assignments.
- To enable all students to develop subject-specific and transferable skills
in mathematics and the use of communications and information technology.
Module Objectives:
On completion of this module, students are expected to be able to:
- Apply a methodical approach to the solution of numerical problems in the context
of biological sciences.
- Demonstrate the capacity to apply mathematical, statistical and data handling
techniques appropriate to the Biological Sciences degrees.
- Demonstrate the capacity to access scientific literature via online bibliographic
databases.
- Demonstrate the acquisition of skills and attributes necessary for life-long learning,
including the use of C&IT, the capacity to access a variety of resource materials
and effective time management.
All
data collected as part of modules BS110/111 complies with the University of Leicester
policy on the Data Protection Act 1998.
Additional Reading:
A
Contextual History of Mathematics
by Ronald Calinger.
Tracing the roots of mathematics, this fascinating survey covers the ancient beginnings
and subsequent branches of growth in this rich, diverse, and rapidly expanding scientific
field, with discussions that progress from the theoretical mathematics in ancient
Mesopotamia and Egypt to the emergence of higher analysis mathematics in the late
seventeenth century. Ronald Calinger's writings on mathematics are second to none,
and this book is his ultimate achievement.
(Buy
at Amazon.co.UK)
If you have any questions concerning the organization & assessment
of this course, please contact:
Dr Alan Cann (Email: alan.cann@leicester.ac.uk)
Please contact Dr Cann by Email if you experience any problems with these online
documents (e.g. broken links, etc).
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