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 1015 TECHNICAL ENGLISH I COMPULSORY 3 0 0 3

Offered By

Mathematics

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR BURCU SILINDIR YANTIR

Offered to

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 classify statements
4   be able to express a statement in various ways
5   be able to apply mathematical induction
6   be able to use important inequalities

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Symbols, Notations
2 Some Writing Tips, Essential Dictionary: Sets ( Chapeter 1, [V])
3 Essential Dictionart: Functions, Sequences, Equations, Expressions (Chapter 2, [V])
4 The Truth of It All, The Forward-Backward Method (1&2, [S])
5 On Definitions and Mathematical Terminology, (3, [S])
6 Quantifiers I: The Construction Method (4, [S])
7 Quantifiers II: The Choose Method, Quantifiers III: The Specialization Method (5&6, [S])
8 Quantifiers IV: Nested Quantifiers (7, [S])
9 Nots of Nots Lead to Knots, The Contradiction Method (8&9, [S]) Midterm
10 The Contrapositive Method (10, [S])
11 The Uniqueness Method (11, [S])
12 Induction (12, [S])
13 The Either/Or Method (13, [S])
14 The Max/Min Method (14, [S])

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s):
[S] Daniel Solow, How to Read and Do Proofs: An Introduction to Mathematical Thought Processes, Wiley, 2013.
[V] Franco Vivaldi, Mathematical Writing, The University of London, 2011

Supplementary Book(s):
Kevin Houston, How to Think Like a Mathematician, A Companion to Undergraduate Mathematics, Cambridge University Press 2009.
Joseph Rotman, Journey into Mathematics, An Introduction to Proofs, Dover edition reprint 2007
Nicholas J. Higham, Handbook of Writing for Mathematical Sciences, SIAM 1997.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures, Lecture notes and problem solving

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

e-mail: burcu.silindir@deu.edu.tr Tel: (232) 30 18590

Office Hours

will be announced later

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 1 13
Preparation for midterm exam 1 8 8
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 78

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

CONTACT INFORMATION
Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Cumhuriyet Bulvarı No: 144 35210 Alsancak / İZMİR
Phone: +90(232) 412 12 12 - Fax: +90 (232) 464 81 35

Copyright 2015 DEÜ. BİD

HOME / ABOUT US / DEGREE PROGRAMMES / GENERAL INFORMATION FOR STUDENTS / INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS