This is an Unit within Engineering Group Awards, may be part of other Group Awards, or can be taken as a stand alone HN Unit. The Unit provides learners with opportunities to develop knowledge, understanding and skills to solve problems involving trigonometric and hyperbolic functions and identities; to differentiate and integrate a wide range of functions and use differentiation and integration techniques to solve engineering problems.
This Unit is designed to develop the necessary mathematical skills required of learners seeking to use a Higher National Diploma in Engineering as an exit qualification for an Engineering workplace role or as a pathway to further studies in mathematics at an advanced level.
Students must successfully complete each Outcome.
Outcome 1: Solve trigonometric and hyperbolic function problems
Outcome 2: Use differentiation techniques to solve Engineering problems
Outcome 3: Use integration techniques to solve Engineering problems
Everything you need to know before applying for this course.
It would be advantageous if learners had a knowledge and understanding of functions including trigonometrical, log and exponential functions together with sound algebraic skills. This knowledge and understanding may be evidenced by possession of the HN Unit Engineering Mathematics 1 or Higher Mathematics.
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This course involves an additional SQA fee. Further information is available here.
If you are studying a full-time non-advanced course (below HNC level), you may be entitled to funding.
Your course may be free if you are not a full time student with NESCol and you are : in receipt of benefits; or care-experienced; or your household taxable income falls below defined levels.
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