Unit information: Complexity in Engineering and Science in 2011/12

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Unit name Complexity in Engineering and Science
Unit code BCCSM0002
Credit points 60
Level of study M/7
Teaching block(s) Academic Year (weeks 1 - 52)
Unit director Emeritus Professor. John Hogan
Open unit status Not open
Pre-requisites

None

Co-requisites

None

School/department Department of Engineering Mathematics
Faculty Faculty of Engineering

Description including Unit Aims

Graduates enrolled in the BCCS will be exposed to the application of Complexity in three main areas, Engineering, Life Sciences & Molecular Sciences. Each of these has in common the fact that Complexity dominates the application. The material will be delivered in nine 3 week integrated teaching sessions (modules). Engineering abounds with examples of Complexity; all man-made in one form or another. BCCS students will study three specially selected areas where the Faculty of Engineering has acknowledged expertise and where the theoretical underpinning is essential.