Mathematics BSc

Year 1

Your first year is carefully designed to manage the step up from school to university mathematics, focusing on the key ideas you will need later in the programme.

• Real Analysis - 20 credits
• Algebra & Combinatorics 1 - 20 credits
• Sequences and Series - 10 credits
• Vectors, Geometry & Linear Algebra - 20 credits
• Probability & Statistics - 10 credits
• Mechanics - 10 credits
• Mathematical Modelling & Problem Solving - 10 credits
• Mathematical Workshops (Autumn) - 10 credits
• Mathematical Workshops (Spring) - 10 credits

As well as having some choice of modules, you’ll now be introduced to some of the more advanced areas of mathematics, such as complex analysis, allowing you to develop your particular strengths and interests in your final year. All modules 20 credits.

• Linear Algebra & Linear Programming - 20 credits
• Mathematics in Industry - 10 credits
• Multivariable & Vector Analysis - 20 credits
• Numerical Methods & Programming - 10 credits
• Real & Complex Analysis - 20 credits

Choose 40 credits of options. Example optional modules:

• Algebra & Combinatorics 2 - 20 credits
• Differential Equations - 20 credits
• Statistics - 20 credits

You’ll now be able to specialise in one area of mathematics or cover several different areas. The range of modules to choose from is very wide, you take at least one module involving project work.

• Research Skills in Mathematics - 20 credits

Choose 100 credits, subject to timetabling restrictions and necessary pre-requisites. All modules 20 credits, examples of optional modules are listed below.

• Nonlinear Programming I and Heuristic Optimisation
• Applied Statistics
• Integer Programming and Combinatorial Optimisation
• Continuum Mechanics
• Methods in Partial Differential Equations
• Metric Spaces and Topology
• Mathematical Finance
• Number Theory
• Randomness and Computation
• Advanced Mathematical Modelling
• Differential Equations
• Combinatorics and Communication Theory
• Graph Theory
• Group Theory
• Algebra & Combinatorics 2
• Medical Statistics
• Statistical Methods in Economics
• Statistics
• Functional and Fourier Analysis
• Applied Mathematical Analysis
• Numerical Methods and Numerical Linear Algebra

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.