Duration
Number of credits
| Master in mathematics (120 ECTS) | 4 crédits |
Lecturer
Coordinator
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
All year long, with partial in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
The course consists of two parts:
- Attendance at the statistics and probability seminars organised by the Department of Mathematics
- Personal project devoted to a theme developed by one of the speakers invited during the seminars
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
At the end of this course, the student will have developed his/her general knowledge of statistics and probability. The personal projet devoted to one of the themes will also provide the student with the opportunity to train his/her capacity for analysis and synthesis. His/her capacity for creativity and critical sense will also be developed.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
The course is included in the statistics orientation of the master of mathematics as it is intended for students who specialize in this field and have an appropriate backgroung at the beginning of the course.
Nevertheless, attendance to the seminars (without the personal project) is open to everyone interested.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
The learning activities consist in the attendance at the seminars. The final programme is available on the website https://sites.google.com/site/yvikswan/monthly-seminar where it will be regularly updated.
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)
Attendance at the seminars is compulsory.
Recommended or required readings
Assessment methods and criteria
The evaluation of the course is based on the following elements:
- attendance at all the seminars (unjustified absences will be taken into account)
- writing of a report (max 5 pages) describing the content, main definitions and concepts of one of the presentations. Any personal input (implementation of an algorithm, examples, application to data, simulations...) will be appreciated.
- oral defence of the personal project, organised in May/June as follows
- 10-minute presentation at the blackboard of the main points of the personal report
- 10 minute discussion and Q&A. It is expected that the students masters correctly the notions that he/she has presented; any personal contribution and deeper understanding will be gratified with a bonification in the grade.
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
Contacts
Coordinator : Yvik Swan (email: yswan@ulg.ac.be)