Course Overview

The course is designed for the first year students of Urban and Rural Planning Discipline. Students of this course are expected to learn the application of mathematics in Urban and Rural Planning. This course has been designed to develop the analytical skill of the students to analyze and interpret data in the later stage of their degree programme.

Course Objectives

The purpose of this course is to provide basics of mathematics for developing the skills of students for coping with statistics and application of other mathematical modeling in planning education.  

Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs)

After completing the course students are expected to be able to:

·       Demonstrate the basic functions;

·       Understand the integral and differential calculus;

·       Comprehend the area of surface of revolution;

·       Apply knowledge of basic mathematics in the development of mathematical models for analysing planning problems and also predicting changes.