Special Mathematics program​

Program Title: Special Mathematics

Program Type: Single

Award / Degree: B.Sc. in Special Mathematics                                      

Corresponding Department: Mathematics

Program coordinators:     Prof . / Afaf Abo El Fotouh Saleh

                                      :  Prof. / Hoda Abeldaim (Head of Department)

                                      : Assistant Prof. / Fatma Hassan Mohammed

• Basic information

1. Program Title: Special Mathematics
2. Program Type: Single
3. Corresponding Department: Mathematics
4. Date of approving the program: 7/12/2015

• Professional Information

1. Program Mission:

         The mission of the mathematics program is to provide high quality education in pure and applied mathematics in order to prepare students for graduate studies or professional careers in mathematical sciences and related fields. This program allow the student to become acquainted with the elementary tools of mathematics and the techniques to use them. We provide students from disciplines that require a strong background in mathematics the opportunity to acquire the mathematical knowledge and the reasoning skills necessary to make effective use of mathematics. We strive to teach our students to communicate mathematical ideas effectively and to use basic computational skills, mathematical models and technology to solve practical problems.

2. Program Aims:

This program provides students with the fundamental competency and characteristic style of thinking and problem solving. The aims of this program are to encourage and enable students to develop a critical appreciation of the use of information and communication technology in mathematics. The students will obtain abilities to critically assess numerical and graphical information; learn to formulate strategies for solving problems; and acknowledge the importance of being intellectually curious throughout their adult lives

The program aims to:

1. Enhance the ability of students to use mathematics as a way of thinking and as a language for communicating ideas.
2. Prepare graduates specialized in mathematics to work with others as part of a team, in business, industry and commerce to solve a variety of problems such as translating mathematical situations into computational procedures, or designing mathematical models to predict the behaviour of phenomena in different situations.
3. Extend student’s comprehension of key mathematical concepts and provide them with an in-depth understanding of specialized areas of mathematics and their applications.
4. Support the student’s ability to link the theoretical to the practical application of scientific side.
5. Develop the ability of students to use numerical analysis, algebra, shapes, data handling, probability and related subjects in basic science.
6. Develop students’ skills to recognize and use various types of reasoning and methods of proof and use computer science applications to solve mathematical problems
7. Prepare a generation of academic researchers highly qualified to work  in a wide range of careers such as teaching and research jobs in a variety of educational institutions
8. Help students to understand how mathematical ideas interconnect and build on one another.
9. Apply mathematical methods for other areas of knowledge and utilize scientific facts and theories to analyze and interpret practical data.
10. Learn, in addition to scientific courses, beliefs, behaviours, doctrine, Holly Quran, Hadith and Tafseer through Islamic studies.

3. Graduates Attributes:

In addition to the general attributes of the graduates of Basic Sciences, the graduate of the Mathematics program will be able to:

1. Apply the analytical methods in the different branches of mathematics.
2. Participate effectively in a multidisciplinary teamwork and be flexible for adaptation, decision making and working under contradictory conditions.
3. Draw conclusions about the real world using mathematical concepts
4. Recognize how mathematical ideas interconnect and build on one another.
5. Identify mathematical problems and find their solutions and use various types of reasoning and methods of proof.
6. Apply mathematical, computing knowledge and skills to solve real life problems.
7. Adopt self and long life-learning and participate effectively in research activities.

 4- Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs) for Mathematics Program:

• Knowledge and Understandings:

In addition to the knowledge and understanding acquired by basic science the graduate of the Mathematics program will be able to:

1. Describe the importance of numerical mathematics, and the different ways in which numerical information is used.
2. Explain the abstract algebraic structures and their roles in solving problems expressed with symbols and in developing mathematical theories and techniques.
3. Illustrate the mathematical methods and techniques that deal with differential equations and their applications.
4. Explain the geometrical concepts, and processes used in measuring attributes of objects.
5. Illustrate the concept of function, basic knowledge of computer sciences and programming concepts.
6. Explain discrete mathematics, algorithms, and combinatorial abilities in order to solve problems of finite character and enumerate sets without direct counting.
7. Explain the probabilities and statistical models to make inferences about real-world situations.
8. Illustrate different terminology in pure and applied mathematics.
9. Explain modelling and symbolic representations of problem situations.
10. Explain how mathematical ideas interconnect and build on one another
11. Illustrate optimum solutions for physical problems based on analytical thinking.
12. Explain the fundamental ideas about the physical behaviour of matter, energy to system’s structure and function. And explain the principles of thermodynamics and quantum mechanics including their applications
13. Explain the principles and concepts of electricity and magnetism and alternating current and their laws and the effect of temperature on the magnetic properties.
14. Describe the knowledge and  the basic principles of general chemistry, related subjects in basic Science and demonstrate the ability of English language which used in teaching the program.
15. Recognize how the hardware and software are integrated to create computer systems
16. ان يكون الطالب قادرا على استنباط الادلة الشرعية

• Intellectual Skills:

 Having successfully completed this program, students will be able to:

1. Formulate mathematical ideas and conclude the essential facts, concepts, principles and theories related to mathematics and their relationship to one another.
2. Analyze the theories of mathematics, utilize appropriate processes in applied mathematical studies, draw appropriate conclusions, and test these conjectures.
3. Apply mathematical method in solving problems with pressing commercial or industrial constraints using recent development.
4. Construct symbolic forms of problem situations through modelling real-world situations and apply mathematical methods or use programming language in solving problems.
5. Apply mathematical tools and techniques to analyze and interpret experimental results and judge the validity of mathematical arguments and the reasonableness of results.
6. Present theoretical and experimental results in understandable forms such as tables and graphs.
7. Choose optimum solutions for physical problems and related subjects in basic science, based on analytical thinking.
8. Develop connections within branches of mathematics and between mathematics and computer science for constructing programs.
9. ان يكون الطالب قادراعلى استنباط الادلة الشرعية
10. Consider the Islamic subjects in English language and common scientific terminology.

• Professional Skills:

 Having successfully completed this program, students will be able to:

1. Implement scientific research on the investigated data and develop conjectures and draw appropriate conclusions, and test these conjectures
2. Apply reasoning techniques to build convincing mathematical arguments
3. Identify required mathematics and other technical to find suitable solutions for physical problems.
4. Perform suitable model for different problems through communication with other branches of basic science.
5. Use one or more mathematical and statistical computer packages.
6. Apply Mathematical methods to test, analyze and interpret chemical and physical experimental results.
7. تطبيق الفهم الفكري للمفاهيم والمبادئ والاخلاقيات الاسلامية فى ظل وسطية و سماحة الدين الاسلامى

• General Skills:

 Having successfully completed this program, students will be able to:

1. Employ recent communication and information technologies, models and tools effectively in different mathematics topics.
2. Work effectively as part of a team.
3. Think independently, logically and analytically, set tasks and solve problems on scientific basis.
4. Make efficient use of computers for acquiring, analyzing and presenting information.
5. الالتزام بالمبادئ الإسلامية Consider community linked problems, ethics and traditions.