Pure Mathematics MMath (Hons)
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Description
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Type
Master
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Location
St andrews (Scotland)
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Duration
5 Years
The MMath (Hons) in Pure Mathematics will teach you to understand complex patterns and structures, and develop the tools with which to analyse them. Whether these patterns relate to physical or biological phenomena or the structure of mathematics itself, the primary aim is to describe, categorise, and understand the processes involved.
Students of Pure Mathematics will acquire the analytical techniques, clear logical thinking and deductive reasoning necessary to explore some of these fascinating areas of research.
The MMath allows you to combine undergraduate and postgraduate study into a single five-year programme, graduating with a Masters degree.
Students can also take Mathematics as a standard four-year BSc degree.
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The demand for mathematically able graduates exceeds the supply and the career prospects for graduates in Pure Mathematics from St Andrews are excellent. Clear logical thinking, deductive reasoning, confidence in data handling, and IT skills are attributes that are highly prized by employers.
Around one-third of Mathematics graduates go on to pursue postgraduate qualifications either in the UK or abroad, and develop research careers. Others gain employment in a variety of sectors including:
accountancy
actuarial profession
civil service
computing
intelligence (private sector)
investment banking and investment management
management consultancy
political risk analysis
technical and investigative science.
AAAB, including A in Mathematics and one other science from the following:
Biology or Human Biology
Chemistry
Computing Science or equivalent
Geography
Physics
Psychology.
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Subjects
- Mathematics
- Calculus
- GCSE Mathematics
- Graph Theory
- Fractal Geometry
- Number Theory
- Rings and Fields
- Topology
- Advanced Combinatorics
- Galois Theory
Course programme
Students will take between one and three first-year modules in mathematics. There is one core compulsory module, 'Mathematics', that can be studied in either semester.
- Mathematics: introduces ideas, methods and techniques required for applying mathematics in the physical sciences or for further study in mathematics.
Second Year
Students will take the following compulsory modules in their second year:
- Abstract Algebra: explores the key concepts of modern abstract algebra: groups, rings and fields.
- Analysis: introduces key concepts of real analysis: limit, continuity and differentiation.
- Combinatorics and Probability: introduces counting techniques for finite structures, and the behaviour of random variables.
- Linear Mathematics: builds on existing knowledge of matrices and systems of linear equations.
- Mathematical Modelling: investigates the translation of physical problems into mathematics.
- Multivariate Calculus: extends basic calculus in a single variable to the setting of real functions of several variables.
- Statistical Inference: introduces techniques for drawing inferences about population characteristics from observed data.
- Vector Calculus: introduces the theory of scalar and vector fields and associated techniques for the modelling of problems arising in the physical world.
If you decide to take Pure Mathematics in your final three years, you choose from a wide variety of advanced options, including modules in complex analysis, combinatorics, symbolic computation, functional analysis and sampling theory.
Here is a sample of Honours modules which have been offered in previous years:
- Graph Theory
- Fractal Geometry
- Number Theory
- Rings and Fields
- Topology.
- Advanced Combinatorics
- Galois Theory
- Lie Algebras
- Measure and Probability Theory
- Semigroups.
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Pure Mathematics MMath (Hons)