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Courses Handbook 2015

This handbook contains information on courses and components (majors, minors, streams and units) at Curtin in 2015.
Information for the previous year's courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2014.

MATH1003 (v.1) Engineering Mathematics 2

Area: Faculty of Science and Engineering
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 5.0
TUITION PATTERNS: The tuition pattern provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. Precise information is included in the unit outline.
Lecture: 3 x 1 Hours Weekly
Computer Laboratory: 1 x 2 Hours Fortnightly
Tutorial: 1 x 2 Hours Fortnightly
Equivalent(s): 307538 (v.3) Engineering Mathematics 140 or any previous version
Anti Requisite(s): 307537 (v.3) Engineering Mathematics 130 or any previous version
AND
MATH1001 (v.1) Engineering Mathematics Specialist 2 or any previous version
Prerequisite(s):     307536 (v.4) Engineering Mathematics 120 or any previous version
    OR
    10926 (v.5) Mathematics 103 or any previous version
    OR
    307535 (v.3) Engineering Mathematics 110 or any previous version
    OR
    MATH1002 (v.1) Engineering Mathematics 1 or any previous version
    OR
    MATH1004 (v.1) Mathematics 1 or any previous version
    OR
    MATH1000 (v.1) Engineering Mathematics Specialist 1 or any previous version
AND
    Admission into 307808 (v.3) Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) or any previous version
    OR
    Admission into 307020 (v.2) Bachelor of Engineering (Civil and Construction Engineering), Bachelor of Science (Mining) or any previous version
    OR
    Admission into 132210 (v.3) Bachelor of Engineering (Electronic and Communication Engineering), Bachelor of Science (Computer Science) or any previous version
    OR
    Admission into 132010 (v.3) Bachelor of Engineering (Computer Systems Engineering), Bachelor of Science (Computer Science) or any previous version
    OR
    Admission into 303763 (v.6) Bachelor of Engineering (Chemical Engineering), Bachelor of Science (Chemistry) or any previous version
    OR
    Admission into 304168 (v.3) Bachelor of Engineering (Chemical Engineering), Bachelor of Science (Extractive Metallurgy) or any previous version
    OR
    Admission into 311721 (v.3) Bachelor of Engineering, Bachelor of Commerce or any previous version
    OR
    Admission into BH-ENGR (v.1) Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) or any previous version
    OR
    Admission into BB-CCEMIN (v.1) Bachelor of Engineering (Civil and Construction Engineering), Bachelor of Science (Mining) or any previous version
    OR
    Admission into BB-ECECMP (v.1) Bachelor of Engineering (Electronic and Communication Engineering), Bachelor of Science (Computer Science) or any previous version
    OR
    Admission into BB-CSECMP (v.1) Bachelor of Engineering (Computer Systems Engineering), Bachelor of Science (Computer Science) or any previous version
    OR
    Admission into BB-CENCHM (v.1) Bachelor of Engineering (Chemical Engineering), Bachelor of Science (Chemistry) or any previous version
    OR
    Admission into BB-CENEXM (v.1) Bachelor of Engineering (Chemical Engineering), Bachelor of Science (Extractive Metallurgy) or any previous version
    OR
    Admission into BB-ENGCOM (v.1) Bachelor of Engineering, Bachelor of Commerce or any previous version
UNIT REFERENCES, TEXTS, OUTCOMES AND ASSESSMENT DETAILS: The most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes, will be provided in the unit outline.
Syllabus: Geometric vectors; Vector operations; Scalar products; Orthogonal vectors and projections; Cross product; Equations of lines; Distance between a point and a line and between lines; Equations of planes; Distance from a point to a plane; Euclidean Vector Spaces; Subspaces; Basis and Dimension; Inverse trigonometric functions, Hyperbolic functions and their inverses. Standard integral formulae. Integration by parts. Partial fractions. Applications of integration: volumes of revolution, lengths of curves, surfaces of revolution, moments and centres of mass, work done by a force, mean and RMS values. Parametrized curves. Numerical integration: Trapezoidal Rule, Simpson's Rule. Functions of two and three variables; Vector Valued Functions; Partial derivatives; Total differential and approximations; Differential Equations; Direction fields; Linear and separable 1st order Ordinary Differential Equations (ODEs); Applications; Numerical solutions of 1st order ODEs: Euler, Improved Euler and Runge-Kutta Methods; Homogeneous 2nd order linear ODEs with constant coefficients; Method of undetermined coefficients; Method of variation of parameters; Applications.
Further Information: MATH1003 Engineering Mathematics 2 is designed for students that have successfully completed MATH1002 Engineering Mathematics 1 or equivalent.
Field of Education: 010101 Mathematics
Result Type: Grade/Mark


Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2015 Bentley Campus Semester 1 Y        
2015 Bentley Campus Semester 2 Y        
2015 Miri Sarawak Campus Semester 1 Y        
2015 Miri Sarawak Campus Semester 2 Y        

Area External refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.

Central External refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area

Partially Online Internal refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External

Fully Online refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External


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