Newcastle University

Mathematics with Biology BSc Honours UCAS Code: G1C1 (3 years)School of Mathematics and Statistics

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This degree provides a modern introduction to mathematical biology.

It combines the study of mathematics and statistics with the skills and knowledge you will need to understand their application in a range of biological fields, including genetics, ecology and bioinformatics.

You spend two thirds of your time studying mathematics and statistics modules from our BSc Mathematics degree programme, and one third studying related biology modules.

Our degrees are divided into Stages. Each Stage lasts for an academic year and you need to complete modules totalling 120 credits by the end of each Stage.

Compulsory modules

• ACE1013  Introduction to Genetics
• BIO1001  Cell Biology 1
• BIO1005  Evolution
• BIO1006  Ecology 1
  
• MAS1041  Mathematical Methods A
• MAS1042  Mathematical Methods B
• MAS1141  Analytic Geometry and the Foundations of Differential Equations
• MAS1142  Modelling with Differential Equations
• MAS1241  Number Systems
• MAS1242  The Foundations of Analysis
• MAS1341  Introduction to Probability
• MAS1342  Introduction to Statistics

Stage 2

Compulsory modules

• ACE2032  Climatic and Environmental Change
• BIO2008  Evolutionary and Population Genetics
• BIO2009  Ecology of Populations and Communities
• BIO2010  Molecular Biology and Genomics
  
• MAS2104  Introduction to Vector Calculus
• MAS2105  Methods for Solving Differential Equations
• MAS2223  Linear Algebra
• MAS2224  The Foundations of Calculus
• MAS2302  Introduction to Statistical Inference
• MAS2304  Foundations of Probability
• MAS2316  Introduction to Regression and Modelling
• MAS2317  Introduction to Bayesian Statistics

Stage 3

Compulsory modules

• BIO3002  Animal Population Dynamics
• BIO3196  Biological Research Project
• MAS3301  Bayesian Statistics
• MAS3311  Biostatistics
• MAS3315  Statistical Bioinformatics

Optional modules

You take 50 credits of the following optional modules:

• BIO3003  Ecological Modelling
• MAS3103  Complex Variable
• MAS3106  Chaos: Theoretical and Numerical Methods
• MAS3111  Partial Differential Equations with Applications
• MAS3119  Differential Equations, Transform Methods and Fields
• MAS3121  Variational Methods
• MAS3210  Geometries and Design
• MAS3213  Algebra
  
• MAS3214  Number Theory and Cryptography
• MAS3216  Enumeration and Combinatorics
  
• MAS3309  Statistical Modelling
• MAS3313  Time Series and Forecasting

Please note

The modules listed here are those currently being taught in this academic year and may vary for your year of entry.