BSc Mathematics
Entry requirements
A level: A*A*A A*A*A (including A*A* in Mathematics and Further Mathematics) or A*AA (including A*A in Mathematics and Further Mathematics) and a suitable performance in an accepted mathematics test or A*AA (including A* in Mathematics) and A in AS-level Further Mathematics and a suitable performance in an accepted mathematics test . IB: 38 with 776 in higher level subjects, including a 7 in Higher Level Mathematics (Analysis & Approaches) or 766 in higher level subjects, including a 7 in Higher Level Mathematics (Analysis & Approaches) and a suitable performance in an accepted mathematics test.
About this course
The BSc (Hons) Mathematics is a three-year undergraduate degree in mathematics, spanning pure and applied mathematics, probability and statistics. Core topics include programming, statistics, data analysis, mathematical modelling, and artificial intelligence and machine learning. A placement year or a year abroad can be added, extending the course from three to four years. In the third year, students complete both a Group Project and an Individual Project. The first year covers compulsory Calculus, Linear Algebra, Analysis and Programming, plus Probability, Statistics, Discrete Mathematics and Dynamics and Relativity. Calculus treats differentiation and integration for functions of one and several variables, Analysis rebuilds calculus rigorously from the real and complex number systems, and Programming introduces basic computer programming in Python. The second year's compulsory Complex Analysis and Mathematical Methods cover complex differentiation, contour integrals and vector calculus. Students choose two modules from Algebra, Computational Mathematics and Statistical Inference, and two from Data Science and Statistical Modelling, Methods of Mathematical Physics and Probability II. The third year is anchored by the compulsory Group Project and Individual Project, where students investigate a mathematical topic as a team and then write a critical report on it. Optional modules that year include Advanced Statistical Modelling, Fluid Mechanics, Machine Learning and Neural Networks, and Stochastic Processes.
Modules
- Calculus
- Linear Algebra
- Analysis
- Programming
- Dynamics and Relativity
- Probability
- Statistics
- Discrete Mathematics
- Complex Analysis
- Mathematical Methods
- Example optional modules
- Group Project
- Individual Project
- Example optional modules