Here is a copy of the provisional notes for the course in
The exam is based on the course (hence my lectures) in addition to the homework sheets I produce which are used to prepare students for the type and range of questions I plan to use to assess the course.
The course will be delivered in person with 3 lectures a week over 10 weeks in two blocks of 5 weeks either side of the consolidation week. I will set homework corresponding to each teaching week: 8 will be formative (not for credit) and 2 will be summative (assessed).
Homework set in weeks 4 and 8 (set dates are noon Monday 13th October and noon Monday 10th November: hand deadlines a week later) will assessed and count 5 per cent each to the final unit mark.
All homeworks will be marked out of 25 and should equate in length and effort required to one exam question.
Lecture feedback
You can submit anonymous feedback on the lectures here and I will post my response below
Q: how much detail should we commit to memory? eg truncation errors of
all the schemes/ Do we need to memorise all the different truncation errors for all the different schemes for the exam?
A: Depends what mark you are after. If you want 100 you probably need
to know as much as I know, if you can imagine that (I could tell you
the truncation errors of certain schemes but I would know how to work out
others I've forgotten). If you just want to pass then you can probably focus
on making sure you know the big stuff and less of the detailed stuff.
Best to look at the types of questions on the problem sheets to understand
the questions you could be asked.
Q: may the solutions for each question sheet be released once deadline
for HW submission has passed.
A: Indeed they are...
Q: Is there a formula sheet for the exam? If so where can I find it
please
A: No, there is not a formula sheet. It is a closed book exam.
Q: Is it possible to resubmit the assessed homework as I just looked over
and realised a mistake but it isn't letting me change the file on
blackboard?
A: It's OK to resubmit. Lecturer's don't set up the assessed coursework submission points: admin do. So I don't know why it's been set up with only 1 attempt allowed.
Q: Where can I get practised. Is there any problem sheets？
A: I will upload a problem sheet every Monday. But you can also use the exercises in the book (link above).