MM555: Mathematics for Molecular Bioscience, Biomedicine and Chemistry (5 ECTS)

STADS: 13015801

Level
Bachelor course

Teaching period
The course is offered in the autumn semester.

Teacher responsible
Email: dkyed@imada.sdu.dk

Timetable
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Prerequisites:
The course cannot be chosen by students, who have passed FF502, FF506, MM536.one.

However, this course can only be taken if it:

1. is a constituent part of your programme 
2. is a specified recommendation for elective ECTS in your programme
3. is part of a specified transitional arrangement ('overgangsordning') for a course you have not yet passed

Academic preconditions:
Students taking the course are expected to:

• Have knowledge of mathematics corresponding to the A-level in the Danish high school system.
• Be able to use the techniques covered in the high school A-level curriculum.

Course introduction
The aim of the course is to introduce the student to the central tools in calculus to be used in the degrees of BMB, biomedicine and chemistry, which use will be illustrated in later courses of the study.

These tools will give the student the necessary skills to:

1. Argue in a logical and rigorous manner.
2. Understand how physical, chemical and biological phenomena can be described using mathematics.
3. Construct mathematical models describing phenomena occurring in the natural sciences.

In relation to the competence profile of the degree it is the explicit focus of the course to:

• Give the competence to understand and construct mathematical models.
• Give the competence to argue rigorously.
• Give skills to argue in a general scientific context.
• Give skills to work independently with mathematics.
• Give knowledge and understanding of basic calculus.
• Give knowledge and understanding of the interplay between mathematics and the natural sciences.

Expected learning outcome
The learning objectives of the course are that the student demonstrates the ability to:

• Argue in a logical and rigorous manner.
• Understand and work with the mathematical theories introduced in the course.
• Construct simple mathematical models describing phenomena occurring in the natural sciences.

Subject overview
The following main topics are contained in the course:

• Basic function theory
• Limits
• Taylor polynomials
• Complex numbers and polar coordinates
• Differentiation and integration of functions in one variable
• Extreme values of functions
• Differential equations of first and second order
• Functions in several variables and partial derivatives

Literature

Meddeles ved kursets start.

Website
This course uses e-learn (blackboard).

Prerequisites for participating in the exam
None

Assessment and marking:

1. Mandatory assignments. Internal marking by teacher, pass/fail. (2 ECTS).
2. Written exam. Internal marking, Danish 7-mark scale. (3 ECTS).

Expected working hours
The teaching method is based on three phase model.
Intro phase: 26 hours
Skills training phase: 28 hours, hereof:
 - Tutorials: 28 hours

Educational activities Study phase: 14 hours
Educational form
During the study phase students are expected to:

• Work with the new concepts and terms introduced.
• Increase their understanding of the topics covered during the lectures.
• Solve relevant exercises.

Language
This course is taught in Danish or English, depending on the lecturer. However, if international students participate, the teaching language will always be English.

Course enrollment
See deadline of enrolment.

Tuition fees for single courses
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