ENG2091: Advanced Engineering Mathematics A

9 x weekly quizzes (15 min): 9%
2 x topic test: 14%
Assignment: 7%
Examination (3 hours): 70%

The exam was really hard. Tbh I don't think any amount of practice exams could have prepared me for the exam lol. The content is not easy in semester, I heard a tutor say that he has taught several maths units but ENG2091 is probably the most intense maths unit. I believe it's because they try to squish 2 or 3 maths science units into the one semester. The weekly quizzes are good as they force you to stay on top of the topic but I found that I didn't understand much in lectures, as the topics I focussed on weekly were the topics assessed in the quizzes (the previous week's lectures). The assignment was due on the last week which was on PDEs, really accessible marks that ensured you understood PDEs leading up to the exam, as a PDE question is worth about a third of the exam marks. I enjoy maths and I really liked this unit and the maths taught as it was all application and "real world". Since the exam is worth the most, definitely put a lot of study time towards aceing the exam as it will be difficult.

It depends how you learn best, there were two lecture streams, one with Alina, and one with Paul (first half of semester or so... I think around Stoke's theorem etc they switched) and John (second half of sem).

Dr. Alina Donea: used lots of examples. To be honest I didn't really understand her explanations very much but relied on her examples to understand the content. I appreciated that she wrote her examples out while we followed as "this is what you will be doing in the exam".

Prof. Paul Cally: I understood his explanations more but I didn't like his examples. Since he typed up his notes previously you could see the working out for the examples, but it was missing steps and I preferred the way Alina worked through examples since she wrote out all the steps again. However, I understood the way he explained concepts better than Alina's explanations.

Mr. John McCloughan: a lot of people enjoyed his lecturing style and said it was the reason they attended lectures. I only watched one of his lectures but I felt he explained the content very well.

Yes, 4 exams.

4 out of 5

Yes, with screen capture
Alina lectures using her tablet with written notes which are uploaded to Moodle. Cally uses typed up notes (uploaded to Moodle) on his laptop and some handwritten examples he shows via projector but doesn't record (from memory he didn't upload these).

I can't remember what textbook , it was only recommended and not compulsory, but I didn't use it and relied on tutor explanations and lecture notes. I'm sure the textbook would be useful for further explanation and more worked examples.

1 x 2 hour support class
3 x 1 hour lectures

2016 Semester 1

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This unit covers the following topics:

• Vector Algebra, Scalar and Vector Fields (4 lectures)
• Derivatives, Gradient, Divergence and Curl (4 lectures)
• Line Integrals, Double Integrals and Triple Integrals (5 lectures)
• Surface Integrals, Divergence Theorem of Gauss, Green's Theorem and Stokes' Theorem (6 lectures)
• Periodic Functions and Fourier Series (6 lectures)
• Partial Differential Equations (9 lectures)

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• Dr. Alina Donea

I watched a lecture or two of hers online in SWOTVAC when I was looking to learn PDEs, she's a good lecturer who explains the concepts well. She goes through A LOT of examples, so if this is how you learn you might benefit from going to her lectures.

• Prof. Paul Cally

I went to two of his lectures early in the semester, he was pretty good, it seems as though he takes a more theoretical approach to the concepts, with less examples than Alina. He uses lecture notes which are somewhat interactive (you can mess around with 3D diagrams and such) which is quite helpful, too.

• Mr. John McCloughan (for a few lectures)

I did not attend any (of the few) lectures he took, so I can't comment on his lecturing ability or style.

Yes, two, one with solutions as per the science faculty rules. However, more exams are available if you know where to look.

4 Out of 5

Lecture notes will certainly suffice for a good mark, as this is all I used. However, if you are looking for some extra reading for consolidation or just extra questions to do, the recommended textbook is Advanced Modern Engineering Mathematics (4th Edition) by Glyn James, I believe.

Semester 1, 2013

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