DA4071 - Engineering Mathematics

Most of your learning on this degree apprenticeship module will be in your workplace. Your involvement in civil engineering tasks will enable you to put into context the theoretical material that you will study at University, thereby cementing your understanding. You will do this in conjunction with your workplace mentor/Supervising Civil Engineer, appropriate members of your team, and with the assistance of your University workplace coach.

The module will include a range of learning materials and opportunities, such as online presentations, notes, seminar/tutorial questions, video links and digital reading materials. All these resources will be arranged in a convenient learning journey, giving you a clear expectation of the content to be studied and tasks you will complete on a weekly basis.

During your normal working day, your industrial mentor/Supervising Civil Engineer will support your learning through the allocation of appropriate work tasks relevant to the theoretical content of the module, allowing you to contextualise and cement your knowledge. The University will monitor this educational process.

University academic staff will support you in formally-scheduled teaching. This arrangement will give you ample opportunity to ask questions to clarify and deepen your understanding of the module content, as well as to seek specific help, for example, with your preparation for assessment. At other times, you will have access to University academic staff via telephone, email, and the University’s virtual learning environment (VLE). These media will allow you to access and make full use of the support and guidance available to you.

All modules at Northumbria include a range of reading materials that students are expected to engage with. The reading list for this module can be found at: http://readinglists.northumbria.ac.uk
(Reading List service online guide for academic staff this containing contact details for the Reading List team – http://library.northumbria.ac.uk/readinglists)

Knowledge & Understanding:
MLO1: Use and apply the basic skills mathematics relevant to civil and structural engineering.

Intellectual / Professional skills & abilities:

MLO2: Choose appropriate mathematical and statistical techniques to analyse and solve civil engineering problems.

Personal Values Attributes (Global / Cultural awareness, Ethics, Curiosity) (PVA):

Summative assessment will be by exam. The exam will be worth 100% of the module marks and will cover all the learning outcomes. All questions will be compulsory.

Formative assessment (sometimes from occasional homework tasks) will be by verbal or written (digital) support from University academic staff. In line with the workplace approach of a degree apprenticeship, you will take on-board verbal feedback from your workplace mentor/Supervising Civil Engineer, which is the case generally with employee performance.

Assessment feedback will be mapped between summative assessments from different modules, so that you receive clear guidance on improving work, based on performance in assessments in different modules. This will be made explicit to you via digital pro-forma as well as verbally.

A-level mathematics at grade B or equivalent prior learning.

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This module deals with learning the mathematical skills required for your apprenticeship and future career path. The module is designed to provide content which is delivered by analytical problem solving will equip you with the skills to solve challenging problems in later years. The context of the problems to be solved will include practical and real-life problems from a wide range of engineering applications to demonstrate the relevance of the various mathematical tools taught. Teaching methods will include online materials and opportunities to work with students in small groups and to interact with University academic staff. Feedback on your learning will be provided throughout the module either formatively or summatively using verbal or digital methods.