MTH3121 Algebra and number theory

Primary content is delivered through traditional lectures (which will be recorded, and available for review via the Moodle page). Applied classes will be active learning. Small groups of students will work together around a whiteboard to solve problems. A key aspect is that this component involves writing your solutions on the board and critiquing the solutions of others, meaning that both written and spoken communication of mathematical ideas are developed (with input from your tutor). You also develop strategies for solving the questions together, meaning this is peer-assisted learning. Assignments will be problem-based learning. The questions will involve techniques from recent lectures and applied classes, but sometimes in settings or formats that are not immediately familiar. Thus part of the challenge is adapting what you previously knew or have just learnt to a new setting.