Mathematics with a Year in Industry BSc

Year 1

The first two years are carefully designed to allow you as much choice as possible in your final year.

• 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

• 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

In your third year you will go on industrial placement, working for a company or other appropriate institution, developing your mathematical as well as your computer skills in the workplace setting.

There is a reduced tuition fee for the academic year spent in industry or whilst studying abroad (where available). Fee information and further clarification is available on the University fees and funding page.

The fourth year offers you a choice of modules with the possibility of specialising within Mathematics.

• 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 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.