Mathematics and Computer Science MSci
Master
In Birmingham
Description
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Type
Master
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Location
Birmingham
On our Mathematics and Computer Science MSci programme you will be able to shape your degree to suit your career aspirations in exciting and rapidly developing areas. You could choose to specialise in areas such as statistics, algebra, robotics and machine learning and take on a significant project.
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Subjects
- GCSE Mathematics
- Programming
- Systems
- Project
- Finance
- Algebra
- Mathematics
- Statistics
Course programme
Year 1
The first two years are carefully designed to allow you as much choice as possible in your final year. In Computer Science you study the foundations of computer science together with program design and programming techniques.
- Real Analysis - 20 credits
- Data Structures and Algorithms - 20 credits
- Object Oriented Programming - 20 credits
- Vectors, Geometry & Linear Algebra - 20 credits
- Mechanics - 10 credits
- Probability and Statistics - 10 credits
- Logic and Computation - 20 credits
- Algebra & Combinatorics 1 - 20 credits
- Functional Programming - 20 credits
- Systems Programming in C/C++ - 20 credits
- Real and Complex Analysis - 20 credits
- Security and Networks - 20 credits
Choose 20 credits of options. Example optional modules:
- Differential Equations - 20 credits
- Statistics - 20 credits
This year offers you a choice of modules with the possibility of specialising in either Mathematics or Computer Science.
Core module- Either Project in Computer Science (40 credits) or Research Skills in Mathematics (20 credits)
Choose 80-100 credits (dependent on core module choice), with a minimum of 40 credits in total from each of Mathematics and Computer Science.
Mathematics modules:- Graph Theory
- Combinatorics and Communication Theory
- Mathematical Finance
- Number Theory
- Algebra and Combinatorics 2
- Differential Equations
- Real and Complex Analysis
- Statistics
- Advanced Networking
- Computer Graphics
- Computer Vision and Imaging
- Human Computer Interaction
- Security of Real-World Systems
- Theoretical Foundations for Security
The final year allows you to choose either a Project in Mathematics or a Software Project in Computer Science,
Core module- Project in Mathematics OR Software Project in Computer Science - 40 credits
Choose 80 credits with a minimum of 20 credits from each of Mathematics and Computer Science. Example modules:
Mathematics modules:- Perturbation Theory and Asymptotics - 10 credits
- Number Theory - 20 credits
- Graph Theory - 20 credits
- Combinatorics and Communication Theory - 20 credits
- Nonlinear Programming I - 10 credits
- Heuristic Optimisation - 10 credits
- Multicriteria Decision Making - 10 credits
- Nonlinear Programming II - 10 credits
- Combinatorical Optimisation - 10 credits
- Further Mathematical Finance - 10 credits
- Integer Programming - 10 credits
- Group Theory and Galois Theory A & B - 20 credits
- Applied Statistics - 20 credits
- Medical Statistics - 20 credits
- Linear Analysis - 20 credits
- Conic Optimisation - 10 credits
- Game Theory - 10 credits
- Statistical Methods in Finance and Economics - 20 credits
- Numerical Methods II - 10 credits
- Numerical Linear Algebra with Applications - 10 credits
- Mathematical Biology II - 10 credits
- Advanced Topics in Combinatorics - 10 credits
- Mathematical Biology - 10 credits
- Modelling with Partial Differential Equations - 10 credits
- Continuum Mechanics - 20 credits
- Applied Nonlinear Dynamical Systems - 10 credits
- Methods in Partial Differential Equation - 20 credits
- Compilers and Languages (Extended) - 10 credits
- Individual Study 2 - 10 credits
- Cryptography - 10 credits
- Networks (Extended) - 20 credits
- Operating Systems (Extended) - 20 credits
- Principles of Programming Languages (Extended) - 10 credits
- Computer-Aided Verification (Extended) - 10 credits
- Nature-Inspired Search and Optimisation - 10 credits
- Teaching Computer Science in Schools (Extended) - 20 credits
- Neural Computation (Extended) - 20 credits
- Distributed and Parallel Computing (Extended) - 20 credits
Please note: The modules listed on the website for this programme are regularly reviewed to ensure they are up-to-date and informed by the latest research and teaching methods. Unless indicated otherwise, the modules listed for this programme are for students starting in 2020. On rare occasions, we may need to make unexpected changes to core modules; in this event we will contact offer holders as soon as possible to inform or consult them as appropriate.
Mathematics and Computer Science MSci