Unit name | Independent Development of Environmental Geoscience Skills I |
---|---|
Unit code | EASC20030 |
Credit points | 10 |
Level of study | I/5 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 4 (weeks 1-24) |
Unit director | Dr. Nick Teanby |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
Successful completion of year 1 of the Environmental Geoscience degree programme curriculum |
Co-requisites |
n/a |
School/department | School of Earth Sciences |
Faculty | Faculty of Science |
In this course you will explore how to extract information from numerical data using rigorous numerical and mathematical methods, which you will implement using Matlab programming and plotting software. This software is a powerful tool that is used extensively throughout academia and industry.
The skills learnt will be very useful for project and practical work during your degree and for work in your later career. The programming skills acquired during this unit will build upon and extend those acquired in Computing for Earth Scientists (EASC10007).
Practicals
There are many excellent textbooks on both Matlab programming and numerical methods in general. Choose one that suits your learning style. Some suggestions include:
Matlab-based:
Reference texts (methods only):