Note from June 29, 2020
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
5 credits
15.0 h
Q1
Teacher(s)
Caprace Pierre-Emmanuel; Van Schaftingen Jean;
Language
French
Content
Depending on the mutual interests of the professors and the students, determination and resolution of mathematical problems arising in various contexts, typically from non-mathematical origin (e.g. games, science and technology, economics, society, medias, arts).
Teaching methods
The students determine the mathematical problems, perform documental research and develop strategies to solve them. Their work is presented in written, oral and/or audio-visual form, under the guidance of the professors and the feedback from their peers.
Evaluation methods
The assessment is based on:
The grade obtained during the semester is final, and fixed for all subsequent exam sessions of the academic year.
- the active participation to the course sessions;
- the quality of the content of the final output, on the basis of the pre-defined objectives and of the intermediate evaluations performed during the elaboration phase.
The grade obtained during the semester is final, and fixed for all subsequent exam sessions of the academic year.
Online resources
Detailed instructions are posted on Moodle (https://moodleucl.uclouvain.be/course/view.php?id=8313)..
Faculty or entity
MATH