6 ECTS credits
150 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 4023502FNR for all students in the 1st semester at a (F) Master - specialised level.

Semester
1st semester
Enrollment based on exam contract
Impossible
Grading method
Grading (scale from 0 to 20)
Can retake in second session
Yes
Taught in
Dutch
Partnership Agreement
Under interuniversity agreement for degree program
Faculty
Faculty of Sciences and Bioengineering Sciences
Department
Mathematics
Educational team
Ingrid Daubechies
Ann Dooms
Kenny De Commer (course titular)
Activities and contact hours

12 contact hours Lecture
102 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study
Course Content

This concerns a reading course concerning a to be chosen topic of specialisation in an area in which the department has expertise, and which does not fit within the existing course portfolio. The content is determined by the student together with any one of the members of the department in this area of specialisation.

Additional info

None

Learning Outcomes

General competencies

The student is capable of independently working through current and/or advanced research materials in a specialized area.

The student can distinguish between the levels of relevancy of the different parts of the subject.

The student can prepare independently presentations concerning this subject.

The student can present the subject in a comprehensible manner to a general mathematical audience.

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Other Exam determines 100% of the final mark.

Within the Other Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • examen andere with a relative weight of 1 which comprises 100% of the final mark.

Additional info regarding evaluation

The exam consists of permanent evaluation, whereby the student gives several seminars concerning the chosen topic and demonstrates his (accruing) knowledge concerning this topic. The seminars are interactive, and are complemented by discussion moments. One of the seminars can be replaced by writing a project proposal in light of the chosen subject. The precise agreements concerning the assignment(s) and evaluation will be communicated to the student each year through canvas.

Allowed unsatisfactory mark
The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context

This offer is part of the following study plans:
Master of Mathematics: Financial and Applied Mathematics (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Mathematics: Fundamental Mathematics (only offered in Dutch)