Mathematics and Statistics BSc Honours
UCAS Code: GG13
(3 Years)
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.
Please be aware that programme modules do change and therefore may differ for your year of entry.
Our Mathematics and Statistics degrees all share a common set of modules in Stages 1 and 2, and a choice of optional modules in later Stages.
Your degree title will depend on the balance of mathematics and statistics modules studied after Stage 1. To qualify for the degree Mathematics and Statistics BSc Honours you must study at least 80 credits of mathematics modules and 80 credits of statistics modules during Stages 2 and 3.
Stage 1
Compulsory modules
- MAS1041 Mathematical Methods A
- MAS1042 Mathematical Methods B
- MAS1043 Optimisation and Linear Methods *
- MAS1141 Analytic Geometry and the Foundations of Differential Equations
- MAS1142 Modelling with Differential Equations
- MAS1143 Problem-solving Techniques *
- MAS1241 Number Systems
- MAS1242 The Foundations of Analysis
- MAS1243 Application of Mathematical Methods to Finance *
- MAS1341 Introduction to Probability
- MAS1342 Introduction to Statistics
- MAS1343 Computational Probability and Statistics with R *
For modules marked *, alternative modules may be selected, subject to the approval of the Degree Programme Director. This gives you flexibility to spend some of your time studying another ‘minor’ subject, for example, accounting, music, a foreign language or another science, should you wish to.
Stage 2
Compulsory modules
Mathematics modules
- MAS2103 Complex Variable *
- MAS2104 Introduction to Vector Calculus
- MAS2105 Methods for Solving Differential Equations
- MAS2106 Chaos: Theoretical and Numerical Methods*
- MAS2213 Algebra *
- MAS2216 Enumeration and Combinatorics *
- MAS2223 Linear Algebra
- MAS2224 The Foundations of Calculus
Statistics modules
- MAS2302 Introduction to Statistical Inference *
- MAS2304 Foundations of Probability
- MAS2316 Introduction to Regression and Modelling
- MAS2317 Introduction to Bayesian Statistics *
For modules marked *, alternative modules may be selected to a total value of 20 credits, subject to the approval of the Degree Programme Director.
Intercalating Year
On completion of Stage 2 and before entering Stage 3, candidates may as part of their studies for the degree spend a year in a placement with an approved organisation. Permission to undertake a placement is subject to the approval of the Degree Programme Director.
All intercalating students shall take the following compulsory module:
Stage 3
Compulsory module
Optional modules
You take 110 credits from the lists below:
Mathematics modules
- MAS3111 Partial Differential Equations with Applications
- MAS3112 Introductory Fluids and the Theory Flight
- MAS3115 Quantum Mechanics
- MAS3118 Instabilities and Turbulence
- MAS3119 Differential Equations, Transform Methods and Fields
- MAS3120 Electromagnetism
- MAS3121 Variational Methods
- MAS3122 Introduction to Numerical and Computational Modelling
- MAS3202 Foundations of Group Theory
- MAS3207 Linear Analysis
- MAS3209 Topology
- MAS3210 Geometries and Designs
- MAS3214 Number Theory and Cryptography
- MAS3215 Stochastic Calculus and Applications
- MAS3217 Coding Theory
- MAS3219 Groups, Graphs and Symmetry
Statistics modules
- MAS3320 Statistical Modelling
- MAS3321 Bayesian Inference
- MAS3322 Applied Probability
- MAS3323 Time Series and Forecasting
- MAS3324 Stochastic Financial Modelling
- MAS3325 Multivariate Data Analysis
- MAS3326 Discrete Stochastic Modelling
- MAS3327 Markov Processes
- MAS3328 Survival Analysis
- MAS3329 Randomized Clinical Trials
Subject to the approval of the Degree Programme Director, you may choose alternative optional modules to those listed above to a total of not more than 20 credits. In particular, modules may be selected from the following list:
