Department: DCET
Scientific area: Mathematics
Total contact time: 15
This curricular unit was designed to equip learners with the skills in mathematics required to make a success of their studies at the university, with focus on Management degree, but also in Informatics, Mathematics, Natural and exact Sciences.
The learning process will be dynamic and with tutorial support and learning materials, covering the fundamental mathematics concepts and tools for solving problems.
Mathematics
Pre-U-course
By completing the course successfully, the student should
- understand the exercises that are proposed and the underlying mathematics;
- Formulate and solve problems;
- Write clearly, with logic and objectively the resolutions;
- Be able to articulate and to apply the acquired knowledge in the courses at university level.
Operations and Algebraic Expressions (review);
2. Elements of Analytic Geometry;
3. Basic Properties of Sequences;
4. Elementary Study of Functions (polynomial, absolute value, exponential, logarithmic and trigonometric functions);
5. Limits of Sequences and Functions, and Continuity;
6. Derivative of a Function;
7. Probability;
8. Descriptive Statistics.
The supporting materials will be available online in e-learning platform.
The curricular unit runs exclusively under continuous assessment, following Typology 3 of the UAb Pedagogical Model. Assessment consists of three asynchronous summative activities, independent of one another and distributed throughout the semester (online multiple-choice tests, 2 hours long), weighted as follows: Summative Activity 1: 6 points (30%); Summative Activity 2: 6 points (30%); Summative Activity 3: 8 points (40%), for a total of 20 points. Students who do not achieve a final mark of at least 10 points may take, in the resit period, a synchronous assessment activity graded out of 20 points.
This course is extra-curricular and optional, and doesn't account for the final grade of the concluded degree.