Elevate your academic game: English for Maths and Computer Science is here

Are you ready to bridge the gap between language learning and the twin disciplines of Mathematics and Computer Science? Our new StudyFIT course English for Maths and Computer Science is designed to help students master subject-specific vocabulary and communication skills tailored to these fields. Whether you’re a current FernUni student or are considering enrolling, this self-paced course just might be for you.

The course utilises our bespoke JUCS Text Corpus, meticulously compiled from 30 years’ worth of peer-reviewed articles from the Journal of Universal Computer Science. With over 19.8 million words and 27.7 million tokens, this resource offers unparalleled opportunities for exploring how natural language is represented in computer science contexts. A debt of gratitude is owed to Prof Jörg Keller, Chair of Parallel Computing at the Fernuniversität in Hagen, for granting us access to the JUCS journal articles, and to student Sandra Michels who spent many hours compiling the corpus as part of her undergraduate research.

All of our studyFIT English Learning Support courses are tailored to the language learning needs of the students concerned.  For example, English for Psychology focuses on Language Acquisition Theory and English for Humanities and Social Sciences leans on Rhetoric and Composition.  English for Maths and Computer Science wades into an area of language learning of relevance to students of Maths and Computer Science – corpus exploration in order to see how natural language is represented in various corpora including our own new JUCS Text Corpus – all while building their vocab.

This is not a grammar course.   In addition to the aforementioned corpus-based vocabulary building exercises, the course also includes targeted reading, speaking and listening exercises based on tasty morsels of Maths history.

Both current students and prospective learners are welcome to sign up for this bridging course. Whether you’re already pursuing a degree or are preparing to start one, this course will provide you with the language skills necessary to thrive in Mathematics and Computer Science.

Click here for information about how to sign up.