Before beginning the Diploma, it is important that you check your background in Mathematics and Science to get yourself reacquainted with the basic ideas, theories and concepts. You need to be familiar with the use of Brackets, Powers, Indices, and Manipulation of Formulae. You need a basic grounding in Physics and also reasonable Computer Literacy. You need to be able to understand and manipulate relevant formulae. But many useful formulae are on a Formula Sheet provided for the examinations, so you are not required to be able to remember them.

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If you come to this course without any recent practice in basic maths and physics, it will help if you could look at the following areas before you start: Maths: Numeracy: use of brackets, scientific notation, powers, indices and exponents, improper fractions, circular measures, logarithms Algebra: Simple rearranging of formulae, substitution of numbers into formulae, equations of lines and circles. Trigonometry: sines, cosines, tangents and their numerical properties Physics S.I. units (metric system), basic wave phenomena (reflection, refraction, diffraction, superposition), concepts of velocity, energy, intensity and pressure. You will need to be able to use a scientific calculator. It is essential that you are or become computer literate i.e. proficient at using word processing software for preparing assignment answers, laboratory and project reports and at using spreadsheet software (such as Excel) for any calculations that warrant it.