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MST124 Unit 3 completed

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I've just completed unit 3 MST124 and found it really hard going.  I really struggled to take on a lot of the information around logarithms and functions.  There seemed to be a whole load of notation which I've not come across before and quite a lot of concepts that I just really struggled with.

Definitely been the hardest going of the whole degree so far for me.  I think when the pressure is off a bit with assignments I'll come back and revisit this unit - or maybe do the sample test a couple of times.

I'm going to answer the relevant questions now on TMA02 before moving onto the second book.  I'm slightly ahead of schedule at the minute but I've still got the end of module assessment from MU123 to complete in the next month or so.

Hopefully the next chapter on algebra will take me back to a more familiar happy place.

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MST124 unit 2 complete

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Finished studying unit 2 which covered graphs at a basic level.  Pleased that I've retained much of the knowledge picked up from MU123 and am able to apply it to this module relatively easily so far.

I've completed and submitted the first TMA which was OK and received my official grade of 80% for the first iCMA which isn't great but happy enough with it.

I like the practice booklets that we get on this module and I'm going to work through the unit 2 practice booklet before moving onto unit 3.  

I'm really dislike the fact that this course is new, the material hasn't been completed yet and it feels as though we are guinea pigs trialing the course out.  Not great at all when we are paying money for this and the fact that the handbook and the other units have been delayed (again!) is crap.  I prefer to be ahead of the schedule by a few weeks and that is impossible with this module at the moment, in all honesty its a struggle to even stay at the speed the course guide recommends when some of the information isn't yet available

Considering we are supposed to take the handbook into the exam, it would have been nice to be able to use it from the start.

Whinge over but I've picked up from the forums that MST125 will be new in September so I'm going to avoid that like the plague and take on M140 first and look to take on MST125 in February time.

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MU123 - unit two complete

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Edited by Stephen Campling, Thursday, 24 Oct 2013, 13:39

Just finished studying MU123 unit two.  Really happy with my progress so far even though I'm aware that this module is probably only about GCSE standard. 

Concerned that I'm getting a little bit too far ahead of myself here as none of the assessments open for a few weeks yet.  I'm going to carry on at the same pace for now and begin work on unit three.  My plan is to review the module once the assessments become available - by reviewing the information it should also help to consolidate some of the principles in my mind.

I've also had a response back on my query about taking on an additional module and it sounds like it should be reasonably simple to organise.  I just need to make 100% sure that I feel like I am able to take on an additional module.  The next module on the pathway is M140 and the next run of that is February 2014 which seems ideal. 

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