SYNOPSES - Singapore Polytechnic

SYNOPSESMS2227Engineering Mathematics IIEquips students with an adequatemathematical knowledge and skills inintegration, and solving first and second orderdifferential equations. Students also learn howto use mathematical software.MS2231BioStatisticsProvides students with the basic conceptsof statistics in the area of probability andstatistical inference. Topics covered includeintroduction to statistics, uncertainty inmeasurement, elementary probability,probability distributions, samplingdistributions and statistical inference onquantitative and qualitative variables usingparametric and nonparametric tests.MS2301Engineering MathematicsAims to provide students with knowledgeof mathematics to solve common polymerscience and engineering problems. Topicsinclude directional derivatives, ordinaryand partial differential equations andtheir applications.MS2524Application Software– SpreadsheetAims to get students acquainted with the useof an electronic spreadsheet. They will haveplenty of hands-on practical exercises. Oncompletion of this module, students shouldhave gained enough knowledge, experienceand confidence to explore further into thisapplication software.MS3123Basic MathematicsEquips students with basic mathematicalknowledge and skills in algebra,trigonometry and calculus to enable them tounderstand and solve engineering problemsencountered in their course of studies. Italso serves as a foundation for subsequentmathematics modules.MS3126Engineering Mathematics 1Equips students with further mathematicalknowledge and skills in algebra, matrices,trigonometry, differentiation and integrationto enable them to understand and solveengineering problems encountered intheir course of studies. It also serves as afoundation for subsequent mathematicsmodules. Students also learn how to usemathematical software.MS3128Engineering Mathematics 1Equips students with mathematicalknowledge and skills in algebra, matrices,trigonometry, differentiation and integrationto enable them to understand and solveengineering problems encountered in theircourse of studies. Students also learn how touse spreadsheet software.MS322ZEngineering Mathematics 2Builds upon the mathematical knowledge andskills acquired in the first year of study. Topicscovered are statistics, partial differentiation,curve-fitting, applications of integration toarea, volume, arc length, centroid, and firstand second-order differential equations andtheir applications to deflection of beamsand columns. Students also learn how to usespreadsheet and mathematical software.MS3228Engineering Mathematics 2Equips students with good knowledgeof statistics. Topics include descriptivestatistics, probability, normal distribution,hypothesis testing, correlation andregression, with emphasis on applicationsof statistics to environmental and watertechnology. Students also learn how to usestatistical software.MS3320Further EngineeringMathematics (Elective)Provides students with mathematicalknowledge that will help them to pursuefurther studies in institutions of higherlearning. Topics covered are further calculus,vector and linear algebra, complex numbers,parametric equations and polar coordinates.MS3440Foundation PhysicsAims to provide students with basicknowledge of physics necessary for pursuinga course in Civil Engineering. Topics includephysical quantities, mechanics, properties ofmatter and practical electricity.MS410ZEngineering Mathematics IEquips students with adequate knowledge ofmathematics to solve electrical engineeringproblems encountered in the first year of thecourse. It also serves as a foundation for moreadvanced mathematics in the second year.Topics include algebra, trigonometry, complexnumbers, determinants, matrices and calculus.MS418ZEngineering Mathematics IEquips students with adequate knowledge ofmathematics to solve electrical engineeringproblems encountered in the first year of thecourse. It also serves as a foundation for moreadvanced mathematics in the second year.Topics include algebra, trigonometry, complexnumbers, determinants, matrices and calculus.MS4205Engineering Mathematics II (A)Provides students with further knowledgein mathematics and analytical skills to solveengineering problems encountered in theirstudies. Among the topics covered are Laplacetransforms and statistics.MS4206Engineering Mathematics II (B)Provides students with further knowledgein mathematics and analytical skills tosolve engineering problems encounteredin their studies. Among the topics coveredare methods of integration, infinite series,Fourier series, differential equations andvector algebra.MS4231BioStatisticsProvides students with the basic conceptsof statistics in the areas of probability andstatistical inference. Students will learnthrough lectures, tutorials and make useof computer software to help them betterunderstand concepts and to performcomputational tasks. The module coversan introduction to statistics, uncertaintyin measurement, elementary probability,probability distributions, samplingdistributions, and statistical inference onquantitative and qualitative variables usingparametric and nonparametric tests.MS4285Engineering Mathematics II (A)Provides students with further knowledgein mathematics and analytical skills to solveengineering problems encountered in theirstudies. Among the topics covered are Laplacetransforms and statistics.MS4286Engineering Mathematics II (B)Provides students with further knowledgein mathematics and analytical skills tosolve engineering problems encounteredin their studies. Among the topics coveredare methods of integration, infinite series,Fourier series, differential equations andvector algebra.310 Singapore Polytechnic Prospectus 2008/2009