BSc Mathematics

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BSc Mathematics

  • Objectives The Mathematics course is taught by the three departments of Pure Mathematics, Applied Mathematics and probability and Statistics. Most Single Honours students start by studying Core Mathematics and all three of these subjects and may specialise in one or two of them later on. There is scope for changing degree course within the first few weeks of arriving in Sheffield, and sometimes at the end of the first or second year. The courses in Applied Mathematics and Probability and Statistics do not assume prior knowledge of these subjects.
  • Entry requirements Entry requirements GCE/VCE A Levels - ABC Two GCE A Levels plus two GCE AS Levels - AB+CC Scottish Highers - AABB - AAAB (plus at least two Advanced Highers) Irish Leaving Cert. - ABBBB - AABBB BTEC Level N - 2 Distinctions and 1 Merit International Baccalaureate - 32-33 points including 5 in Higher Maths Core Requirements - Grade A in GCE A level Maths
  • Academic title BSc Mathematics
  • Course description Our students usually select from a range of compulsory and optional modules to add up to 120 credits.

    Some departments offer courses that don't feature optional modules whereas other courses are fully flexible.

    Important notice :

    This is a list of modules that have been offered in the past. We expect similar modules to be offered for courses starting in 2009.

    This information is provided for illustration only and you should check with the department directly when applying to confirm module options.

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    Typical First Year Modules

    Module/Unit Credits
    Applications of Probability and Statistics  10
     
    Differential and Difference Equations  10
     
    Foundations of Probability and Statistics  10
     
    Groups and Symmetries  10
     
    Mathematics with Maple  10
     
    Matrices and Geometry  10
     
    Mechanics in Action  10
     
    Numbers and Proofs  10
     
    Practical Calculus  10
     
    Probability and Inference  10
     
    Probability, Sets and Complex Numbers  10
     
    Vectors and Motion  10
     
    Differential and Difference Equations  10
     
    Foundations of Probability and Statistics  10
     
    Groups and Symmetries  10
     
    Mechanics in Action  10
     
    Numbers and Proofs  10
     
    Probability and Inference  10
     
    Vectors and Motion  10
     
    Typical Second Year Modules

    Module/Unit Credits
    Advanced Calculus  10
     
    Linear Mathematics for Applications  10
     
    Applied Differential Equations  10
     
    Continuity and Integration  10
     
    Mechanics  10
     
    Methods for Differential Equations  10
     
    Nonlinear Mathematics  10
     
    Numerical Linear Algebra  10
     
    Probability Modelling  10
     
    Rings and Groups  10
     
    Statistical Modelling  10
     
    Statistical Reasoning  10
     
    Statistics Core  10
     
    Statistics in Society  10
     
    Topics in Number Theory  10
     
    Vector Spaces and Fourier Theory  10
     
    Vectors and Fluids  10
     
    Typical Third Year Modules

    Module/Unit Credits
    Practical and Applied Statistics  20
     
    Project in Applied Mathematics  20
     
    Advanced Operations Research  10
     
    Applicable Analysis  10
     
    Applied Probability  10
     
    Bayesian Statistics  10
     
    Chaos  10
     
    Classical Control  10
     
    Codes and Cryptography  10
     
    Combinatorics  10
     
    Complex Analysis  10
     
    Computational Inference  10
     
    Continuum Mechanics  10
     
    Differential Equations (Advanced)  10
     
    Differential Equations: A Case Study  10
     
    Differential Geometry  10
     
    Fields  10
     
    Financial Mathematics  10
     
    Fluid Mechanics I  10
     
    Fractals  10
     
    Galois Theory  10
     
    Graph Theory  10
     
    Group Project  10
     
    Groups and Symmetry  10
     
    History of Mathematics  10
     
    Knots and Surfaces  10
     
    Linear Models  10
     
    Mathematical Methods  10
     
    Medical Statistics  10
     
    Metric Spaces  10
     
    Milestones in Applied Mathematics 1: Electromagnetism  10
     
    Milestones in Applied Mathematics II: Quantum Theory  10
     
    Multivariate Data Analysis  10
     
    Numerical Solution of Partial Differential Equations  10
     
    Operations Research  10
     
    Optics and Symplectic Geometry  10
     
    Optimisation  10
     
    Real and Complex Analysis  10
     
    Rings and Modules  10
     
    Sampling Theory and Design of Experiments  10
     
    Stochastic Finance  10
     
    Stochastic Processes  10
     
    Time Series  10
     
    Topics in Mathematical Economics  10
     
    Topics in Number Theory  10
     
    Undergraduate Ambassadors Scheme in Mathematics  10
     
    Waves  10
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