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

Year 3

(Award available for year: Bachelor of Science)

Learning outcomes

1. Formulate a question that can be the subject of mathematical inquiry.

2. Demonstrate facility with a wide range of techniques to solve mathematical problems.

3. Build a mathematical model that represents some non-mathematical reality.

4. Demonstrate facility with a wide range of statistical techniques to solve real problems.

5. Critically evaluate a mathematical and statistical/probabilistic argument.

6. Understand, recall, translate and verify mathematical concepts in a range of contexts.

7. Select an appropriate formalism to handle a mathematical concept.

8. Under guidance, develop and present, orally and in writing, a substantial mathematical piece.

9. Select appropriate tools for pieces of mathematical work.

10. Identify different potential approaches to solving a mathematical problem.

11. Evaluate the significance of mathematical facts to a particular context.

Skills Learning Outcomes
1. Communicate both substantive results and the nature of the uncertainty inherent in them, to expert or lay audiences.

2. Articulate responsibilities associated with specialist, technical knowledge.

3. Communicate mathematics to audiences of a wide variety of backgrounds.

4. Understand the contribution of mathematics to broader social discourse.

5. Make a plan to reach a goal.

6. Seek out sources to aid learning.

Assessment

The majority of modules will be assessed through a combination of in-person exams and coursework assignments. The form of the coursework will vary from module to module but typically would involve solving sets of problems which may or may not require the use of computer packages or computer programming. Project based modules will be assessed through written submissions and presentations.