COURSE UNIT TITLE

: TECHNICAL ENGLISH I

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MAT 1011 TECHNICAL ENGLISH I COMPULSORY 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Mathematics

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR SEDEF KARAKILIÇ

Offered to

Mathematics (Evening)
Mathematics

Course Objective

This course is to develop basic knowledge of English language in mathematics. It aims to present an attitude, a way of thinking, doing and writing beautiful mathematics.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   be able to define mathematical terms
2   be able to describe the methods of proof
3   be able to read mathematical arguments
4   be able to express a statement in various ways
5   be able to present mathematical arguments with appropriate notation and structure
6   be able to write good mathematics
7   be able to think rigorously

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Syllabus, Eratosthenes construction of the Earth size, various proofs of Pythagorean Theorem and Pythagorean triples. Lecture Notes
2 What is a theorem, a lemma, a corollary, a proposition or a conjecture Some famous examples. Ch3. in Handbook of Writing for Mathematical Sciences
3 Definition of some mathematical terms. Greek alphabet, symbols and notation. Ch3 in Handbook of Writing for Mathematical Sciences
4 Examples of good and bad mathematical writing. Ch3 in Handbook of Writing for Mathematical Sciences
5 English usage: A or an or the Active versus passive, consistency, dangling participle, distinctions. Ch4 in Handbook of Writing for Mathematical Sciences
6 English usage: False if, hyphenation, linking words, misused and ambiguous words. Ch4 in Handbook of Writing for Mathematical Sciences
7 English usage: Omit these words , paragraphs, punctuation, simplification Ch4 in Handbook of Writing for Mathematical Sciences
8 How to write mathematics, some simple examples and rules: Pythagorean Theorem, Cosine rule, Sine rule, quadratic formula. Ch3-4 in How to Think Like a Mathematician
9 Mid-term Exam
10 How to think logically: Statements, implications, ten ways of writing an implication. Ch6-7 in How to Think Like a Mathematician
11 How to think logically: Finer points concerning implications, converse and equivalence, quantifiers. Ch8-11 in How to Think Like a Mathematician, Ch3 in Mathematical Writing
12 How to think logically: Examples and counter examples, summary of logic. Ch12-13 in How to Think Like a Mathematician
13 Complex numbers, de Moivre Formula and polar decomposition and roots of unity. Ch14-15 in How to Think Like a Mathematician
14 Definitions. How to read and what to stress in a definition. Ch16-18 in How to Think Like a Mathematician

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s): Kevin Houston, How to Think Like a Mathematician, A Companion to Undergraduate Mathematics, Cambridge University Press 2009.
Supplementary Book(s): Nicholas J. Higham, Handbook of Writing for Mathematical Sciences, SIAM 1997.
Joseph Rotman, Journey into Mathematics, An Introduction to Proofs, Dover edition reprint 2007.
Franco Vivaldi, Mathematical Writing An Undergraduate Course, The University of London 2011.
References: David Darling, The Universal Book of Mathematics From Abracadabra to Zeno s Paradoxes, John Wiley & Sons, 2004.
Materials: Lecture notes will be given in the class

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Face to face and presentation

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE 1 MIDTERM EXAM 1
2 MTE 2 MIDTERM EXAM 2
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE1 * 0.30 + MTE2 * 0.30 + FIN * 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE1 * 0.30 + MTE2 * 0.30 + RST * 0.40


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

5 quiz= midterm2

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

halil.oruc@deu.edu.tr Tel: (232) 30 18577

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 2 24
Preparation for quiz etc. 5 3 15
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Final 1 2,5 3
Quiz etc. 5 0,5 3
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 121

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13
LO.145
LO.245
LO.35
LO.435
LO.53543
LO.64453
LO.7433

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