SEF026: Essential Foundation Mathematics (EFM) 2011/2012
This webpage is maintained by the lecturer
Dr Ivan Tomasic
and contains information relevant to the running of the course in 2011.
A summary of practical details and assessment arrangements can also
be found in the
course information sheet.
Noticeboard (most recent first)
- REVISION CLASS: Friday 27/04/12, 2pm, Laws 2.10
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- Week 12 TEST + SOLUTIONS now online, see below!
The raw marks conversion table is
HERE!
It works BOTH ways, e.g. 68% means 21 marks out of 25.
There is no pass or fail, this test contributes 25% to your final mark.
If you really insist, a score below 40% is not good.
You can collect the marked answer sheets from
Garry Evans' office (Fogg 3.12). Please check the marking and notify the
lecturer of any mistakes – the converted mark is entered in the student database.
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SEF026 is part of the
SCIENCE and ENGINEERING FOUNDATION PROGRAMME
- Information here is subject to change, specially
before teaching starts!
- Course information from the
SEFP handbook
- Assessment: two in-course tests contributing 25% each, 50% final exam
(all multiple-choice)
Both tests and exam have duration 2 hours and consist of 25
multiple-choice questions. Note that the results are
scaled so that 18 correct answers corresponds to a pass mark.
Calculators are not permitted.
- Lecture: Wednesday 12noon–1pm (David Sizer LT)
- Tutorials (from 2nd week):
- Group A: Monday 1–2pm (Queens EB1)
- Group B: Monday 2–3pm (Bancroft Road 3.02)
(click here to check your group allocation)
Office Hours:
during May, Dr Tomasic can help via email. Should you need to make
an appointment to get help in person, please contact
Prof David Burgess in the
School of Physics and Astronomy.
Note that attendance at lectures and tutorials is compulsory –
absences will be recorded and persistent offenders may be deregistered
from the course.
This is a foundational course which tests the ability to perform
computations in basic arithmetic and algebra, without a calculator.
The syllabus is based on the following web-book which explains methods
and provides examples:
Essential Mathematics by Franco Vivaldi
(This is a PDF file which you can either read online in your web
browser, or download to read offline/print.)
To prepare for the EFM tests and examination you should attempt
all the exercises in this web-book up to, and including, those
flagged by a single star.
The structure of the EFM course assumes that you invest
considerable time in such self-study
(see here
for some advice).
To help you understand the material there are weekly
lectures covering topics from the web-book as outlined below:
Links in the table will become active as the term progresses.
You may need to refresh the web page to pick up the link.
Each lecture contains a practice "mini-test" (5 questions under
exam conditions) and there are also a number of related homework
exercises. The solutions to these test and homework questions
are discussed in the tutorial the following Monday.
The answers to the homework exercises are not formally
marked but you should be prepared to explain your solutions
in front of the tutorial group.
The tests and exam will be similar in format and standard to the
examples below:
Further past papers are available on the library website.
Please don't hesitate to get in touch with any problems/queries. Full contact details can be found on my homepage.