2024/25 Undergraduate Programme Catalogue

BSc Mathematics and Statistics (For students entering from September 2024 onwards)

Total credits: 360

Entry requirements:

Entry Requirements are available on the Course Search entry

School/Unit responsible for the parenting of students and programme:

School of Mathematics

Examination board through which the programme will be considered:

Relevant QAA Subject Benchmark Groups:

Mathematics, Statistics and Operational Research.

Professional Body Offering Accreditation:

(Royal Statistical Society: Applying for re-accreditation)

Programme specification:

The information on this page is accurate for students entering the programme from September 2024. For students who entered the programme before September 2024, you can find the details of your programme: BSc Mathematics and Statistics

This 3 Year UG programme will train future statisticians that are technically confident and aware of the responsibility of the role, either within academia or the industry.

The programme will aim to:

- introduce students to the major branches of mathematics and statistics;

- meet the needs of students with varied mathematical and statistical backgrounds and with different aspirations within mathematics and statistics;

- enable the student to appreciate the coherence, logical structure, and broad applicability of mathematics and statistics;

- impart an awareness of the values of research and scholarship in mathematics and statistics;

- accustom students to the use of tools, including libraries and computers, that are available to mathematicians and statisticians;

- provide a thorough training in the intellectual skills and advanced techniques of modern mathematics and statistics;

- develop the ability of students to abstract and generalize, to model various phenomena, and to interpret numerical data;

- enable future mathematicians and statisticians to develop the skills associated with problem solving, rigorous argument and communication;

- educate new mathematicians and statisticians to meet the needs of employers, including those in industry, finance, education and the public services;

- broaden and deepen the mathematical and statistical background of students;

- prepare students to work in fields where specific and broadly based advanced mathematical and statistical knowledge is required;

- enable students to embark on research in some area of mathematics and statistics;

- give students the opportunity to experience a wide and deep mathematics and statistics curriculum;

- give students the chance to undertake a substantial project.

Year1 - View timetable

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

Compulsory modules:

Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules

Candidates wishing to take MATH2150 Calculus, Curves and Complex Analysis in Year Two must have passed MATH1110 Real Analysis.

Optional modules:

Discovery modules:

Year2 - View timetable

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

We are currently refreshing our courses to make sure students have the best possible experience. Where there is no module code link below the full module details are not yet available. Before you are required to enrol on a module full details will be provided.

Compulsory modules:

Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules:

- Statistical Methods - 20 credits
- Stochastic Processes - 10 credits
- Time Series - 10 credits
- Investigations in Mathematics - 20 credits

Optional modules:

Statistics Pathway
Candidates on the Statistics Pathway will additionally be required to study the following compulsory modules:
- Vector Calculus and Transforms - 20 credits
- Further Linear Algebra and Discrete Mathematics - 20 credits

Candidates on the Statistics Pathway will be required to study exactly one module from the following optional modules.


- Calculus, Curves and Complex Analysis - 20 credits
- Mathematical Modelling - 20 credits

Actuarial / Financial Pathway
Candidates on the Financial or Actuarial Pathways will additionally be required to study the following compulsory modules
- Financial Mathematics - 20 Credits
- Further Linear Algebra and Discrete Mathematics - 20 credits

Candidates on the Financial or Actuarial Pathways will be required to study up to 10 credits from each of the following lists of optional modules:
Basket A:
- Introduction to Logic - 10 credits
- Optimisation - 10 credits

Basket B
- Calculus of Variations - 10 Credits
- Rings and Polynomials - 10 credits

Discovery modules:

Candidates on Statistics Pathway and Actuarial / Financial Pathway may substitute their optional module for Discovery credit in the same semester, noting that this will limit the available choices in Year Three of the programme.

Year3 - View timetable

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

We are currently refreshing our courses to make sure students have the best possible experience. Where there is no module code link below the full module details are not yet available. Before you are required to enrol on a module full details will be provided. Students must enrol on exactly 120 or 125 credits in the academic year, with no more than 20 credits at level 1 or 2.

In order to qualify for the degree, in addition to the usual degree rules, students must pass at least 40 credits of level 3 Mathematics (not Statistics) and at least 40 credits of level 3 Statistics modules. (EDUC3060 counts as a Mathematics module and EPIB3036 counts as a Statistics module for this purpose).

Students will be awarded the degree of BSc(Ord) Mathematics and Statistics if they do not pass MATH3001.

Compulsory modules:

Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules:


- Project in Mathematics - 40 credits
- Statistical Modelling - 20 credits

Optional modules:

Statistics Pathway
Candidates on the Statistics Pathway will additionally be required to study the following compulsory modules:
- Multivariate Analysis and Classification - 20 credits

Candidates on the Statistics Pathway will be required to study exactly one module from each of the following lists of optional modules:
Basket A
- Actuarial Mathematics 1 - 20 Credits
- Groups and Symmetry - 20 Credits
- Methods of Applied Mathematics - 20 credits

Basket B
- Graph Theory and Combinatorics - 20 Credits
- Differential Geometry - 20 credits
- Entropy and Quantum Mechanics - 20 credits
- Fluid Dynamics - 20 credits
- Mathematics in Social Context C - 20 credits

Actuarial Pathway
Candidates on the Actuarial Pathway will additionally be required to study the following compulsory modules
- Actuarial Mathematics 1 - 20 Credits
- Actuarial Mathematics 2 - 20 Credits
- Stochastic Calculus and Derivative Pricing - 20 credits

Financial Pathway
Candidates on the Financial Pathway will additionally be required to study the following compulsory modules:

- Stochastic Calculus and Derivative Pricing - 20 credits

Candidates on the Financial Pathway will be required to study exactly one module from each of the following lists of optional modules:
Basket A
- Actuarial Mathematics 1 - 20 Credits
- Groups and Symmetry - 20 Credits
- Methods of Applied Mathematics - 20 credits

Basket B
- Mathematical Biology - 20 Credits
- Proof and Computation - 20 Credits
- Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos - 20 credits
- Numbers and Codes - 20 credits

Discovery modules:

Candidates on Statistics Pathway, Actuarial Pathway, and Financial Pathway may substitute exactly one optional module for Discovery credit in the same semester.

Last updated: 07/05/2024 11:40:17

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