1. Bachelors degree in material science, machine science, physics, chemistry or the equivalent.
2. At least 22.5 credits of Mathematics.
3. The equivalent of English 6 in Swedish secondary school.

This course is included in Materials Science: Master Programme (two years).

• Data structures, files, inbound and outbound data, arithmetic operations, vectors, matrices, graphics;
• For and while loops, if-else, built-in functions and user-defined functions;
• Applications within linear equation system, non-linear equations, interpolation and extrapolation, least square approach to measurement data, numerical differentiation, integration, differential equations; and
• Interpretation and validation of results.

Knowledge and understanding
Once the course is completed, the student shall:

• demonstrate understanding of how programming can be applied to solve problems within numerical analysis.

Skills and abilities
Once the course is completed, the student shall:

• demonstrate the ability to develop programs to solve problems within numerical analysis;
• demonstrate the ability to detect errors in the implemented numerical methods; and
• demonstrate the ability to describe and document the results of a programming project.

Judgement and approach
Once the course is completed, the student shall:

• demonstrate the ability to critically investigate and evaluate performance and the suitability of a program to solve problems within numerical analysis.

Lectures and computer laboratory sessions and independent study.

Requirements for pass (grade A-E): Passed programming assignments (2.5 credits), passed project work (1 credit) and written exam (4 credits).

The final grade is based the written exam.

• Jönsson. P. Programming, Modeling and Simulation in Python, Studentlitteratur (2022)

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When a course is no longer given, or the contents have been radically changed, the student has the right to re-take the examination, which will be given twice during a one year period, according to the syllabus which was valid at the time of registration.

If a student has a Learning support decision, the examiner has the right to provide the student with an adapted test, or to allow the student to take the exam in a different format. The syllabus is a translation of a Swedish source text.