Developing computational mathematics provision in undergraduate mathematics degrees
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.21100/msor.v18i2.1097Keywords:
Computational mathematics, Python, EmployabilityAbstract
Over the last ten years we have comprehensively embedded computational mathematics, and in doing so programming, into the undergraduate mathematics degree programmes at the University of Leeds. This case study discusses some of the practical, organisational and pedagogical issues we encountered, and how we addressed them.References
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