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Mathematics Department
College of Science Discipline Sub-Committee in Mathematics
Meeting 5/2007 1-2pm Tuesday 1 May 2007
Room G35 John Dedman Building
Agenda/Minutes
1. Welcome/Apologies
Please note that all with an interest
in teaching and learning in the area of mathematics are welcome.
2. Minutes of Meeting
Notes from retreat attached
3. Matters arising (other than
curriculum items)
4. Curriculum proposals 2008
4.1
MATH2306 Partial Differential Equations &
Applications (New Name)
MATH2406 Mathematical Methods 2 Honours (New
Course, HPC)
MATH3322 Mathematical Methods 2 (Course to be
Cancelled)
At present the course MATH2306 has approximately 30
students in the standard part of the course and 30 students in the HPO. This
has caused real problems dealing with two level of students.
We propose to divide the
course into two, the current pass level course MATH2306, with a name change,
and more sophisticated HPC course MATH2406.
The revamped MATH2306 course
will have a more hands on emphasis like our MATH2305 Differential Equations
and Applications course.
The new mathematically
sophisticated course MATH2406 is intended for students continuing to honours
in mathematics or theoretical physics. The complex analysis component of the
proposed cancelled course MATH3322 will be moved into the new MATH2406.
With the reorganisation of
our second year mathematical methods courses, with substantial material from
this course moving to MATH2406, and the existence of the special topics course
in mathematics physics, it is no longer necessary to maintain this course.
4.2
MATH2405 Mathematical Methods 1 Honours (New
Name, HPC)
The purpose of change in name is to emphasise that this
course is part of the stream of courses for students interested in mathematics
and/or theoretical physics. Its new name provides consistency with the new
second semester course MATH2406 Mathematical Methods 2 Honours. The vector
calculus component of MATH2306 (HPO) will be moved into MATH2405.
4.3 MATH2303 Algebraic
Structures and Coding Theory (Course to be Cancelled)
This course was intended for IT students. Over the last
few years the numbers of students in the course has declined to on the order
of 10 students, and indeed has not been attracting IT students. The numbers
are too low to warrant continuing the course. The IT students will still have
the stream MATH1005, MATH2301 and MATH3301 available.
4.4
MATH3062 Fractal Geometry and Chaotic Dynamics
(Addition of HPO)
The purpose of change is to
introduce an Honours Pathway Option for the course MATH3062: Fractal Geometry
and Chaotic Dynamics. The HPO option we will expand on the theoretical
aspects of the underlying concepts. Alterative assessment in the assignments
and exam will be used to assess these theoretical aspects.
4.5 MATH3101
Real Analysis Honours (New Course, to be a double
badged version of MATH2320)
MATH3104 Groups and Rings Honours (New Course,
to be a double badged version of MATH2322)
The second year courses MATH2320 Analysis 1 Honours
and MATH2322 Algebra 1 are foundation courses for entrance to most of
the themes within our Honours program. Unfortunately if MATH2320 or MATH2322
are not taken in second year, the degree structure makes it difficult to take
them in third year and still complete the 36 units of level C courses. These
courses are as advanced as a number of our current third year honours pathway
courses and would not be out of place if available to students in the third
year. As such we propose to double badge both Analysis 1 and Algebra 1 as both
second and third year courses. We would predict up to 10 additional students
taking these new courses in third year.
4.6 MATH6101 Real
Analysis (New Course, postgraduate version of HPC MATH3101)
MATH6104 Groups and Rings (New Course,
postgraduate version of HPC MATH3104)
MATH6115 Mathematical Finance (New Course,
postgraduate version of HPC MATH3015)
MATH6116 Fractal
Geometry and Chaotic Dynamics (New Course, postgraduate version HPC
MATH3062)
MATH6211 Topics in
Mathematical Physics (New Course, postgraduate version of HPC MATH3351)
We have a policy of having
6100 graduate course equivalents for all our standard 3000 courses which have
an honours pathway and 6200 graduate equivalents of higher level 3000 courses.
The courses above are either 6000 versions of new proposed HPC courses, or
courses we have just proposed to have HPO’s or those that have been missed
from previous years.
5. Any other business
6. Next Meeting
To be agreed
Stephen Roberts
Chair
01/05/2007
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